Author Archive for Charles C. Robey

SO YOU WANT TO DRAFT YOUR OWN SECURITY PLAN

In my many years of dealing with various aspects of security, I am always amazed  at the number of large corporations which have no written security plan. Oh, many will have a make-shift plan such as a collection of management directives or inter-office memos. However, most are out dated or generally written and probably would [...]

Civil Unrest – Coming – Ready or Not

One need only to pick up a local newspaper, scan the TV remote or check  the  internet “search engines”  to realize that civil disturbances against the financial industry seems to be on the rise WORLD WIDE. For example Demonstrators are expected to swarm Bank of America Corp’s annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday to voice anger [...]

Are Your Bank Couriers Protected?

(Can you imagine the time, effort and cost involved in reconstructing the banks proof work (cancelled checks, special delivers branch supplies, etc) if an attacker suddenly way-laded the banks carrier, while traveling from the bank branch to its operation center?  Believe me, I’ve been there and done that and it’s no cake-walk. All an attacker [...]

Proving Your Investigative Worth

Your Fraud Investigation team should not be known, as a bank collection agency. If not careful, due to most bank thinking, this can easily happen. The best results will come from “prevention”. It doesn’t take long for word to get around in the criminal arena, that your bank prosecutes offenders. That is why, for sake [...]

The Five O’clock Whistle. Not for Banks

Hear that five o’clock whistle. It’s time to lock up and go home. Unlike most corporations, however, banks cannot just lock up and go home at the end of the day. There are many security tasks to be completed. And if your bank is hit by a robbery at closing time, several things are likely. [...]

Worker Compensation – Pro or Con

If you have been involved in the private business sector for any length of time, chances are you have been involved in a worker’s compensation investigation either as a victim or a manager. Simply put, workers compensation is basically an insurance policy to protect the worker, in case of an on-the-job accident. Thus, an injury [...]

Rental Equipment Safety Tips to both the Renter and Customer

We are vastly moving into the 21st Century, in all aspects of our life. Especially, in the rent to own industry. How long has it been, since when you needed a special tool to do a certain task, that you simply borrowed the instrument from your next door neighbor. However, judging from experience, the borrowing [...]

Flim-Flam – The Salient Robbery

Remember,” The Flim-Flam movie, entitled, “The Flim-Flam Man”, which showed in 1967.  Mordrcai Jones (George C. Scott) is a rural con artist (a ‘flim flam man’) who takes on a young army deserter Curley (Michael Sarrazin) as his protégé and teaches him the tricks of the trade. Sheriff Slade (Harry Morgan) is in hot pursuit [...]

Cost Effective Transportation Employment

In the transportation industry, more than most other entities, it is very important that the hiring process be one of utmost concern. Especially, due to the ever increasing “deep pocket” syndrome, among the general public. And overall, safety should take priority in the hiring process to be assured of the hiring of qualified employees. The [...]

Going Armed. Authorized to carry firearms in the line of duty

Anytime, a corporation serves the general public, by an ” open door” customer policy,  the thought of employees or contacts “going armed” is subject to much discussion and debate. Especially, in the financial  industry where the bank must  deal every day with a combination of customer traffic and the exposure of large sums of inviting [...]

Financial Institution Disaster Planning

Is your financial institution prepared for a disaster? If so, what are your plans? If not, then what would you do in the event of a disaster? The financial industry has the most critical need for rapid continuation of essential functions. Referred to as T-Time, two days is the maximum length of time a financial [...]

Non-negotiable banking documents can potentially be devastating to both the bank and the customer, if the items happen to get destroyed. And, re-constructing such items, such as checks, can and will be quite costly, if such courier deliveries do not arrival as planned. So, what is a bank courier and what do they transport?  Simply [...]

Succeeding with Report Support – a must for today’s Banking

(Is the majority of your bank investigators time spent in actually gathering facts and solving cases? Almost any fraud investigator can trace a bad check or investigate credit card fraud, but can they reach far beyond the traditional scope of fraud investigation by examining control weaknesses and emphasizing loss prevention. This innovative approach will quickly [...]

Morning Glory Robberies

Not only are robberies becoming more frequent and more violent, but we are also aware that our old nemesis, the morning glory robbery, is making a comeback. (According to BankersOnline.com) The morning glory robbery got its name from the fact that it happens first thing in the morning-before the banking office is opened. Either the [...]

Safety in Sections – Proactive or Reactive

In the transportation industry you have many governmental mandates such as the DOT and OSHA. However, what about the safety inspections? Where do they come into play? After all, safety is the name of the game in protecting the employees, customers and the monetary assets.  Why have safety inspections? Simply put, to detect potential accident [...]