{"id":230,"date":"2013-02-01T10:31:44","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T05:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaterslocksmith.com\/blog\/?p=230"},"modified":"2013-02-01T10:31:44","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T05:31:44","slug":"pilfer-guards-reduce-theft-and-lower-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gaterslocksmith.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/01\/pilfer-guards-reduce-theft-and-lower-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilfer Guards Reduce Theft and Lower Cost"},"content":{"rendered":"

To pilfer someone is to steal just a little bit so you get what you want for free and the victim just replaces what is gone thinking the supply was used up by others, or never notices the loss because so little was taken from so much.<\/p>\n

A pilfer guard is any kind of small lock which removes the convenience of stealing small amounts of anything quickly and without notice. The most common pilfer guard is the cabinet lock, more commonly called the \u201ccam lock.\u201d<\/p>\n

I have installed countless cam locks in doctor\u2019s exam rooms, office furniture and cabinets in master bedroom closets. I recently installed cam locks in two x-ray rooms at a local hospital. I believe this was to satisfy a hospital safety and liability code. The liability to the hospital is if a patient takes a syringe out of a cabinet and hurts someone or themselves. Most items in the hospital x-ray room look completely useless to me. But if a little is taken by each unattended patient the cost to replace supplies starts to add up. When operating cost of any business goes up it is eventually passed on to the consumer, which is bad for business.<\/p>\n

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I have installed cam locks for women who were having their costume jewelry pilfered by the maid service they hired to clean. So little was taken at sporadic intervals the women did not notice anything missing until they went to wear a specific necklace or pair of earrings and discovered the jewelry was no where to be found.<\/p>\n

Women have had their purses pilfered of small amounts of cash by co-workers or outsiders visiting the office. When this has happened I have been hired to install locks on a couple of desk drawers so unattended purses, cell phones and other personal belongings can be locked out of sight.<\/p>\n

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Pilfer thieves steal because the opportunity is available and the chance of getting caught is slim. Many victims do not even realize they have been robbed until days, weeks or months later. By then the evidence, if there was any, has been wiped away or picked up in the vacuum.<\/p>\n

It only takes a small lock on a cabinet, or a small padlock on a gate or locker to remove the opportunity the thief is looking for to steal your possessions.<\/p>\n

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