Month: September 2019

When throwing a large event, one of the most important parts to ensuring success is making sure your guests will be safe. There are many ways you can provide a safe environment without sacrificing entertainment or your event’s appearance. Implement these tips for your next event to help keep things safe and going smoothly.

Hire Event Security

Hire dedicated security guards to man your event. For large events like Mardi Gras, security guard services New Orleans options involve having guards who can provide both security awareness and first responder services. Determine your needs and research different companies in the area. For large events, you may want to consider hiring a separate group that is dedicated to addressing medical calls only.

Prepare for the Worst

Make sure you are ready in case things go wrong. Invest time in consulting with any outside companies you have hired to determine plans of action for various emergencies. Make sure the venue you have selected is also prepared for surprise incidents. Confirm the locations of important items and exits, such as emergency exits, first aid kits, AED (automated external defibrillator) kits and fire extinguishers.

Invest in Crowd Control

Make sure that your number of attendees is limited to avoid putting your event in a position of being overcrowded. For large events, make sure you have personnel that are dedicated to crowd control. This may involve guards who oversee foot traffic in addition to those who direct traffic in the parking lots.

Make Your Staff Easily Identifiable

Ensure that all of your staff can be easily identified by other staff and attendees alike. Provide uniforms for those who are working under your direction. Confirm what the uniforms for outside companies look like. Consider implementing badges with name and photo IDs for your staff.

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Although you would like to believe that everyone working for your company has a professional and trustworthy spirit, there has been a rise in employee theft and dishonesty over the past few years. Many attribute this trend to the use of technology and software that makes it easier to manipulate company data, but it could be the age-old saying that desperate times require desperate measures. Covering your business with an employee dishonesty bond can help protect from the loss incurred with employee fraud, but strong hiring and vetting practices might also help minimize the potential for significant company chaos.  Take a look at these two extreme cases of employee fraud from the last few years.

1. False Expenses

In 2018, a former manager for Quest Diagnostics was caught by the FBI for taking $1.2 million from his company in false expense reporting. He created an elaborate scheme with fake companies and turning in requests for payments he had made acting as a Quest partner. He was sentenced to five years in prison once the feds found out a company address was linked to an entrance ramp for a Florida freeway.

2. Security Expert Turned Exploiter

In trying to be proactive, Block Communications, Inc. hired a former embezzler to act as their theft-prevention specialist, assuming his former experience would be a valuable and effective tool against fraud. However, he reverted to his former ways and wrote himself check totaling over $1 million before he was caught. Through deception, he used a co-workers stamp to sign the checks, cash them, and then destroy them before they were returned. He then cooked the books to cover his actions.

If it could happen to large corporations like these two, then it is safe to assume that no one is immune to cases of employee … Read more