Each year shoplifting incidents cost retail merchants in the United States
well over $10 billion (estimated) in losses. For the many stores operating
on narrow profit margins, those shoplifting losses can mean the difference
between survival and bankruptcy. …
From the earliest times, thieves and robbers often subjected travelers to
attacks. Outside of walled cities and castles travelers could find shelter
and protection only in wayside inns. From this practice grew the principle
that innkeepers were responsible for providing their guests not only food
and lodging, but also security and protection …
There are more than one million office buildings in the United States …
Americans spend a significant part of their lives working in such buildings.
And businesses increasingly house their most important assets — their employees
and their sensitive printed and electronic information — in such buildings.
…
Security professionals have long known that locations where people and their
valuables are together — such as in parking lots and garages — are favorite
targets of criminals. …