Restaurant Robbery Quiz

Wednesday May 22 , 2013

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The first step in a formal robbery prevention program is:

Background check of all employees
Put a peep hole or small bullet proof window in the back door
Use clear trash bags
Establish a no weapons policy for all employees
Not to allow non-employee friends behind the counter

To prevent robberies, the back door must:

Be equipped with a peep hole or bullet proof window in the back door
Identify any knocks on the back door as authorized personnel before opening
Never open the back door after dark
Have a detex alarm on the inside of the door
Have a silent alarm when opened from the outside

Robbery prevention training includes:

All employees leaving at closing together
Sound cash handling policies
A manager taking a second employee on night deposit runs
Locking the bathrooms during late night operations
Refusing service to suspicious looking customers

During a robbery, the employees should:

Run for the door if the robber gets distracted
Call 911 and drop the receiver
Write down a good description of height, weight, race, visible tattoos or scars and clothing
Obey the robber’s demands
Tell the robber that he can have what cash is in the register but the safe is locked and you can’t open it.

A robbery occurs in Fast Food restaurants:

Mostly after midnight
At random times at random targets
When security and training is perceived to be weak
Mostly by ex-employees who left employment within the past year
That are mostly in high crime areas of the inner cities

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