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governments. The old adage of
“an ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure” is
clearly indicated as requiring
immediate attention at
all levels.
that reinforce a firm’s mission
statement, membership in
professional organizations and
acknowledgement of the
value of employees’ efforts
strengthen the employer/
employee relationship.
such as Houston and south Los
Angeles, where Target’s®
CLEET certified personnel join
local and sometimes federal law
enforcement in sting
operations. In addition, each
Target® store had CLEET
A second essential component
certified personnel, who are
is training and/or educating all The importance of this aspect of expected to protect the facility
users—i.e. employees—of how
protection against cyber-crime against shoplifting, dock thefts
any business functions, its
was evidenced in the
and related crimes. But
mission and dependence upon penetration of TARGET® in
Target’s® system had one
the business’ customers for
2014. Prior to that, the
Achilles heel—human error.
profitable success and
Target® operation had been
continued employment.
acknowledged as having
The penetration of Target’s®
Without any doubt, training is developed a “state of the art”
system was due to the
an ongoing necessity and,
system to protect its stores.
FAILURE of an employee to
unless employees are selected
follow Target’s® standard
and indoctrinated with a sound The corporate offices housed a operating procedure. The
understanding that their work 24-hour camera surve