• Monitor parking lots with closed circuit video cameras and install appropriate warning signs.

• The rear door leading to waste containers should be monitored with a closed circuit video camera.

• Any rear door not used by customers should have a buzzer to request re-entry.

• Monitor the cash register area and entry I exits with closed circuit video cameras.

• Allow customers to see the cameras in use.

• Consider converting a walk-in refrigerator into a safe room.

• Eliminate dropped ceilings in restrooms that can be used by stay-behinds.

• Restrooms should be checked for occupancy before closing.

• Any roof access should be well secured and access ladders locked or secured consistent with local fire safety laws.

• All hiding places on the exterior should be eliminated to the extent possible.

• Safes should have any wheels removed.

• Exterior doors that have glass within reach of a door lock should have the glass replaced with a solid material. Otherwise, a burglar can break the glass and then reach inside to open the door from the inside. A double key lock (inside and outside) will create a dangerous condition in the event of a fire.

• Place wooden dowels, pipes, or other substitutes in the tracks of all sliding glass doors and windows so as to limit movement. This will make it more difficult for a burglar to· tilt the doors or windows and enter your place of business.

• Place highly visible decals near all likely points of entry to inform would-be burglars that the property is protected by a burglar alarm system.

• Place a highly visible security alarm sign in the froniof your business to inform would-be criminals that the property is protected by a security alarm system.

• Consider installing a Safe Room or Panic Room.

• Always install peepholes in exterior doors so that the doors do not have to be opened in order to identify who is at the door. Never place complete reliance on al door chain as they are often easy to break.

• Establish a Neighborhood Watch for your community. Place appropriate signs to inform would-be burglars that your neighbors are looking out for each other.

• Make certain that the door hinges on all exterior doors are on the inside, not on the outside. If the hinges are on the outside, the door can easily be removed.

• Instead of placing an extra entry key under a door mat, on a ledge, under a rock, or other common location, consider wrapping a key in aluminum foil and then burying it where the gardener will not discover it.

• For exterior doors, always use solid core or metal doors with heavy-duty deadbolt locks, with one-inch bolts.

• When hiring employees through an agency, you should insist that the agency complete a criminal background check and provide you with fingerprints of your prospective employee.

• Drill holes and insert locking pins in window and sliding glass door frames to prevent a burglar from sliding windows and doors open from the exterior.

• Consider the installation of security lighting that is activated by motion detectors.

• Install a money clip alarm in your cash register. When money is removed from the tray with the alarm clip, the monitoring center is notified electronically and the police are called.