Warren Griffey
Warren Griffey has been a leader in the security guard and loss prevention
field for more than fourteen years.
His experience as a security professional resulted in over 1400 successful
apprehensions and convictions of shoplifters and employee thefts.
Warren has a post secondary education in criminology that he received at
Camosun College in Victoria and Simon Fraser University in Burnaby.
He is a fully licensed Private Investigator with the Security Programs Division
of the Attorney Generals office and has taken on the responsibility of becoming
a Basic Security Training Instructor through the Justice Institute of British Columbia.
Mr. Griffey is also adept at internal investigations, CCTV covert camera
installations and identifying employee integrity issues.
He has worked both, in-house loss prevention for a large retail chain and for
small independent retailers.
Warren Griffey will present the 3.5 hour afternoon session. He will offer simple
strategies that you can implement immediately in your store as well as an enhanced
awareness of possible weaknesses you may have in your loss prevention strategies
At Warren's workshop, he will cover:

How much is shoplifting costing me?

What is "shrink" and at what level should I be worried?

What has changed that makes loss prevention a top priority?

Do I know who to look for?

How do I handle shoplifters?

What do my employees know about dealing with shoplifters?

Is my store layout, an invitation for shoplifters?

How can the community help?
Internal Losses

What degree of internal losses do I have?

Where are my internal losses coming from?

How do I approach an employee over integrity issues?

Who should I be looking for when loss occurs?

What can I do to protect myself from my own staff?
A Look into the Prolific Shoplifter

What types of shoplifters should I be nervous about?

How do “they” work?

How do I prevent being targeted by "professionals"?

What methods does a professional shoplifter use?

How do I stop a professional shoplifter?