Store Detective Legal, Social & Cultural Technicians
SaveWhat Does a Store Detective Do?
Store detectives monitor the activities in the store in order to prevent and detect shoplifting. Once the individual is caught red-handed, they take all the legal measures, including announcing the police.
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Where Do I Start?
Surveillance Methods
Surveillance methods used in the gathering of information and intelligence for investigation purposes.
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Skills You Need to Become a Store Detective
Essential Skills
Essential Skills
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EssentialSurveillance Methods knowledge
Surveillance methods used in the gathering of information and intelligence for investigation purposes.
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EssentialComply With Legal Regulations skill
Ensure you are properly informed of the legal regulations that govern a specific activity and adhere to its rules, policies and laws.
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EssentialDetain Offenders skill
Keep back offenders and trespassers in a certain area.
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EssentialEnsure Public Safety And Security skill
Implement the relevant procedures, strategies and use the proper equipment to promote local or national security activities for the protection of data, people, institutions, and property.
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EssentialIdentify Security Threats skill
Identify security threats during investigations, inspections, or patrols, and perform the necessary actions to minimise or neutralise the threat.
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EssentialLiaise With Security Authorities skill
Respond quickly to security incidents and violations by calling the police and keep in touch with other relevant parties involved in the potential prosecution of the offender.
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EssentialPractice Vigilance skill
Practice vigilance during patrol or other surveillance activities in order to ensure safety and security, to look out for suspicious behaviour or other alarming changes in patterns or activities, and …
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EssentialPrevent Shoplifting skill
Identify shoplifters and methods by which shoplifters try to steal. Implement anti-shoplifting policies and procedures to protect against theft.
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EssentialConfront Offenders skill
Confront shoplifters with their acts by presenting evidence such as video recordings.
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EssentialDocument Security Incidents In The Store skill
Prepare documentation and specific reports of the security threats, observations and incidents, such as shoplifting, that occur in the store, to be used as evidence against the offender, if required.
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EssentialIdentify Suspicious Behaviour skill
Rapidly spot and identify individuals or customers who behave suspiciously and keep them under close observation.
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EssentialInterrogate Individuals skill
Interview individuals in such a manner that they give information that could be of use in an investigation and that they possibly tried to conceal.
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EssentialMonitor Sales Area For Security Reasons skill
Observe the behaviour of customers in sales areas, in order to maintain order and security and spot potential risks.
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EssentialMonitor Surveillance Equipment skill
Monitor the operation of equipment used in surveillance and gathering of intelligence to ensure it functions properly and to gather the surveillance information detected by it.
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Optional Skills (5 of 14 displayed)
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OptionalCriminal Law knowledge
Th legal rules, constitutions and regulations applicable for the punishement of offenders.
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OptionalCheck Methods knowledge
Procedures used for investigative purposes such as surveillance by physical and electronic means, interrogations of witnesses, collection of objects and data for assessment and analysis and physical and electronic research …
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OptionalCivil Law knowledge
The legal rules and their applications used in disputes between different parties.
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OptionalFire Safety Regulations knowledge
The legal rules to be applied for fire safety and fire prevention in a facility.
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OptionalLegal Requirements Related To Ammunition knowledge
Legal regulations and requirements in the field of selling, buying, handling and storing ammunition.
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OptionalApply Conflict Management skill
Take ownership of the handling of all complaints and disputes showing empathy and understanding to achieve resolution. To be fully aware of all Social Responsibility protocols and procedures, and to …
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OptionalIdentify Terrorism Threats skill
Identify the possibility of terrorism activities posing threats and danger in a specific area by monitoring activities of potentially dangerous groups of people, assessing risks in different areas, and gathering …
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OptionalOperate Fire Extinguishers skill
Understand the operation of fire extinguishing equipment and fire extinguishing techniques.
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OptionalOperate Radio Equipment skill
Set up and operate radio devices and accessories, such as broadcast consoles, amplifiers, and microphones. Understand the basics of radio operator language and, when necessary, provide instruction in handling radio …
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OptionalPerform Risk Analysis skill
Identify and assess factors that may jeopardise the success of a project or threaten the organisation's functioning. Implement procedures to avoid or minimise their impact.
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OptionalCarry Out Covert Security Observations skill
Perform observations in ways that preserve the covert security role, by dressing up, behaving and communicating with other colleagues or authorities appropriately.
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OptionalCreate A Prevention Security Plan For The Store skill
Design a security plan for the establishment, according to its specifications and security needs in order to prevent any shoplifting or other security threats.
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OptionalMonitor Cashiers skill
Investigate the actions of the checkout staff in order to detect potential incorrect invoicing.
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OptionalPerform Security Checks skill
Monitor and check individuals' bags or personal items in order to make sure the individuals present no threats and that their behaviour is legally compliant.
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