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“For instance, do you conduct regular spot check inventory and evening lock up of alcohol and beer fridges? ”
RECENT THEFTS AND VANDALISMS
• Halifax, Summer 2018 – Vandals cut through a fence overnight, leaving a trail of destruction and spray-painted messages, including damaging ve different greens to varying degrees.
• Ottawa, Spring 2018 – Over a one week period, there were multiple reports of theft at Ottawa-area golf courses. These have all occurred at night and involved very knowledgeable thieves who stole electronics, hard drives, cameras etc., and then moved to the maintenance facility looking for more items.
• Oakville, Spring 2018 - A daring mid-day theft where golf clubs were stolen right in front of the pro shop as a customer went inside to pay.
• Niagara, Spring 2018 - Overnight theft of cash from a clubhouse. It appeared to be a professional group as they were able to disarm the security system, did not bother with pro shop inventory or alcohol, but focused entirely on taking all available cash onsite. A total of approximately $1500 was stolen.
• Guelph, Spring 2018 – During the May holiday weekend there was an overnight theft of a large quantity of yellow driving range balls from the golf course.
• Tillsonburg, Fall 2017 – Late in season after the course had closed due to cold weather, vandals were out for a joyride on ATVs. There was signi cant damage to greens and tees on 4 different holes with an estimated cost of the damage in excess of $40,000.
• Calgary, Summer 2017 – Multiple parked cars had windows smashed and contents stolen from a golf course parking lot during the day.
• PEI, Spring 2017 – On opening weekend a group of golfers damaged a fairway using their golf cart to run over yardage poles and create doughnuts on the fairway.
• Multiple Ontario Courses, Spring 2017 - A number of golf courses in both the Southwestern and Central Ontario regions experienced theft of cash from their pro shop during operating hours. The suspects used the ruse of booking a tournament to lure pro shop staff outside so that his accomplices could gain access to the pro shop.
SECURITY AUDIT
The rst step to determine your present level of security is to complete a detailed security audit. This can be done independently, or you can contact your local police force or loss prevention specialist.
There are a few key areas that your operation needs to address at a basic level. How secure is your clubhouse, speci cally the cash and high value pro shop merchandise? How secure is your overall property with regard to late night public access; customer and staff parking lot concerns, and on-course buildings and materials? How secure is your golf cart eet – during the day and overnight?
You can’t eliminate criminal activity at your facility, but by focusing on these key questions, hopefully you can minimize the impact on your facility. At an operations level, do you have policies and procedures in place that aid or hinder your security?
For instance, do you conduct regular spot check inventory and evening lock up of alcohol and beer fridges? Do you always do a cash drop at your local bank, every night or just on busy days? Do you have secure locks, dead bolts, on well-built solid doors and frames?
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