Shoplifters account for the number one reason small stores fail. It is estimated that ten percent of customers steal from stores. The typical thief is a senior citizen or a kid. House wives and college students often justify theft from stores and do not even view themselves as thieves.

Small shops with close proximity to small items are pilfered constantly. Video taping is the number one deterrent to shoplifting. Record stores, hobby and candy stores, cosmetic shops and pharmacies report dramatic reductions in theft by "five-finger discount".

Sentry Surveillance has systems that can pay for themselves in shoplifting reduction. Don't lose your business to "profit sharing" by customers.

83% of all employees steal. One third of all business failures have been linked to losses from employee theft. Whatever the psychological reason most people admit to stealing from their employer. Your most trusted employees are often the most likely to steal, usually because the opportunity arises. Often a good employee begins to feel justified as a "silent partner." Video cameras deter theft by reducing the temptation that honest people feel.

The size and amount of theft varies from industry to product. Security cameras and monitoring systems in ware houses, on docks and in store rooms greatly reduce employee theft. Cameras monitoring rear entrances and side exits are often enough to reduce theft. Over forty percent of small businesses use video camera monitoring when they have a problem with employee theft of tools, products, money, and time.

Armed robbery is the most dangerous and often violent of crimes business owners and employees face. A surveillance camera reduces crime greatly. An armed robber would rather go elsewhere than have video evidence linking him to the scene. When casing a potential crime scene, a criminal will often look directly at the camera. A review of taped crimes will often show the criminal was in the premises before he came back to commit the crime.

Fast food and convenience stores are a primary target of armed robbery. Banks only account for one out of two hundred and fifty armed robberies. The primary choice businesses make for reducing armed robbery risk is to install video recording and monitoring systems that use today's technology for image recording.

Most Burglary is done by non-professional criminals who look at the crime as an opportunity to take advantage of a situation. If a burglar has any idea he will be watched, he goes to a better opportunity. Next to locks, businesses report that security cameras are their primary choice for reducing burglary.