Monthly Department Store Security and Loss Prevention Report
Comprehensive analysis of security incidents, loss prevention effectiveness, and security coverage metrics across all store locations to identify trends, evaluate prevention strategies, and optimize security resources.
Report Objective
Monitor and analyze security incidents, shrinkage trends, and prevention effectiveness across department store locations. Track key metrics including incident types, recovery rates, and security coverage to support data-driven decision making in loss prevention strategies.
Security Incidents and Shrinkage Analysis
Examination of total security incidents and associated shrinkage amounts over time
Questions to Consider:
How are incident volumes trending month-over-month?
Which types of incidents are most prevalent and costly?
Are there seasonal patterns in incident frequency?
What is the correlation between incident types and shrinkage amounts?
What is the month-over-month change in total incidents?
Which incident types are showing concerning trends?
Are there seasonal patterns in incident frequency?
What is the overall trend in shrinkage amounts?
Are there any notable spikes or patterns?
How does this compare to historical averages?
Prevention Effectiveness Metrics
Analysis of apprehension rates and recovery amounts
Questions to Consider:
How effective are current prevention strategies based on apprehension rates?
What is the trend in recovered merchandise value?
Is there a correlation between staffing levels and prevention effectiveness?
How is the apprehension rate trending?
What factors might be influencing changes in effectiveness?
Are we meeting our target apprehension rates?
What is the trend in recovery amounts?
How does this compare to total shrinkage?
Are our recovery efforts improving?
Security Coverage and Resource Utilization
Review of security staffing levels and coverage metrics
Questions to Consider:
Are current staffing levels adequate for store coverage?
How do coverage rates correlate with incident rates?
Are there opportunities to optimize security resource allocation?
Is there a correlation between staffing hours and coverage rates?