Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 29, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free november re one up on i ski retailers use technology to Cut shoplifting by Brian gory and no one seems to be so a Middle aged woman at Down town Eaton stuffs a dress into a shopping bag and gets on an Esca Lator to take her to the first if she listened she would hear Bells jingling behind an overhead and it has nothing to do with when she reaches the main floor she might hear the intermittent blast of a Buzzer the kind of sound that rankles to game show contestants who have i Given the wrong except at Eaton the consequences Are even worse a possible visit to the police station and a criminal two women with badges Reading inventory control quickly intercept the woman and politely inquire if she has just purchased something and would please show them the sales no a flushed per a bit of a i wanted to take it Home to see if my husband liked it before i paid for or i bought it yesterday arid thought i would Exchange it or the store is too Busy and i thought come Back later to other Security personnel dressed in Street clothes suddenly close in and the frantic woman is escorted to an unmarked office in the basement beside the grocery a White Button on the Wall must be depressed before the door Knob inside Are a number of windowless interview rooms to Stew and stammer and shriek before the police caught by device in the judge will be told the customer was caught shoplifting by Eaton senso Matic if the shoplifter had looked More closely at the garment shews pilfer she would have seen a Large White part of the senso Matic attached for no apparent the size and Price Are indicated else where on the if she had tried to detach the tag known in the Trade As an Alligator clip she would have had to rip the dress Only a special machine at the Cashiers or a King could apply the necessary strength to open the the White plastic hides a Miracle of the electronics age a about the size of a speck of with Metal antennae the Diode emits a signal which is picked up by gadgetry hidden in Waist High boxes on the floor at the top and Bottom of the escalator leading to the main other boxes Are strategically located at exits such As the one leading to the the tags can be clipped to concealed in slipped into rec Ord jackets and Luggage and even secreted in Candy the Diode sleepily awaits arousal by its electronic mate lurking in a sleek Eaton has used the system for a Fairweather big steel also has so do Thrifty and theft tip 20 per cent according to Industry is the fastest growing larceny in North up 20 per cent from last and Only one in 27 thieves is such employee theft and other siphoning off that occurs in deliveries accounted for a whopping write off by Eaton 103 stores last said regional Security head Doug the losses must be co Vered and that Means higher prices for legitimate maybe that Why a shopper who was stopped in Eaton last week because the clerk forgot to remove the electronic tag from a briefcase didst mind the intrusion i think its great because i understand what youre trying to senso Matic which is based in Deerfield almost went out of business several years ago after about nine senso Matic was too according to its new York Publ Crela tons Mallory it became an embarrassment to stores such As Macys to catch such Quality shoplifters As the wife of a the publicity was the Cost of protecting masses of lifters was so senso Matic changed its i dare you to at that the tiny Diode being buried inside a senador Matloc brought the Diode out of the Clotet and defiantly attached it to a big ugly Alligator when attached to a infers i dare you to steal this with me it it became a deterrence system instead of a catching Factor the Cost of the deterrence about a month to protect items and cover two exits with warning that cents per item per its a said Rickis control Gerald the Cost of shrinkage is so you have to take a stand against in one Only two or three shop lifters Are being caught each month compared to a monthly total of 15 to 20 when the unit was installed in Eaton has collared More than 200 customers through senso Matic in the past year in addition to an undisclosed number of shoplifters spotted by loss prevention Fairweather caught a raft of shop lifters at its Garden City store when the system was first installed More than a year said area supervisor Paul now theres very Little its the Best store in the 40 in Winnipeg some sensor Matie systems Are in use around the Factor there Are 300 in 40 of which Are in someone will steal when three things Are Factor Opportunity and Low senso Matic cuts Down one Side of the mental Triangle dont forget to lock ramp urges car owners the ramp is asking Manitoban to lock their cars and pocket the keys preparation for the annual Winter Boom in vehicle one vehicle is stolen every two hours in the province and More than half the vehicles stolen Are left one in five have the keys in the the ramp the ramp Hopes its lock it and pocket the key publicity 10 to will help prevent snowmobile and farm vehicle the aim of the program is to put an end to joyriding and not so much the commercial Type of said Guy spokesman for the pro boy scouts will be distributing vehicle identification and the Media have been asked to remind the Public to lock their cars and take the keys with he ramp data show stolen vehicles Are involved in High Speed chases and accidents 200 times More frequently than cars driven by authorized weather City Calendar Timothy a novelist and author of the won the governor generals will read at 30 in room 543344 University University of the event is presented by the students Bunny Duhl and Frederick directors of the Boston family will give a Public lecture on family resources in time of crisis at 8 30 in Monarch life building 333 Winnipeg residents defence committee will hold a demonstration at noon in memorial Park and a rally at 3 at 469 Magnus its purpose is to oppose police violence against the the Janet Ian Cameron gallery will hold a silent Art auction of and ceramics 4 to 14 in the gallery of the University Centre University of our mistake it was wrongly reported yesterday that Lloyd Axworthy is the Only sitting Liberal in the House of commons from Bob Bockstael is also a Liberal and represents Boniface in the Federal deaths classified death Winnipeg area forecast variable cloudiness with one or two periods of Light Snow ending late this Light to moderate northwesterly winds with a High near Low tonight near mainly sunny tomorrow with a High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny Cloudy periods sunday and temperatures near Northern Manitoba unsettled saturday through monday with temperatures near Northwestern Ontario mainly sunny Cloudy periods sunday and temperatures near temperatures Canada and world National 6 4 4 22 13 7 12 4 0 6 0 7 i Thunder 2 5 2 1 0 o 3 International 0 3 2 new 17 2 19 3 u a 4 s los 26 19 Las fair 13 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Merly of wife of Arthur Emily of formerly of pol son widow of Charles Sig Urstein of Lake Manitoba husband of Lillian William of of 165 Aberdeen Alexander i of husband of Mary Dave free of tic senso Matic system can detect an article in shoplifters bag by picking up signals from an electronic Diode clipped to the the Diode is hidden inside an Alligator clip centra1 Auto a truck parts re cycled parts dealer now open saturdays 1 of pm 2224288 save 10 on Sheridan exclusive 777 window 4wi t Thermo Dors electric 2 Keating Gas deep fryers 35 Btu m Keating Gas deep Fryer 40 Btu double warming table All stainless steel in very Good 2611448 consultant Polloc podiatrist Abbey fool need a see the new f500 Metal cutting Bandsaw on display in our showroom cutting capacity table i electric Blade welder we carry a Complete line of Wood a Metal cutting Bandsaw Blades 318 Notra Dow 9433421 it tinant Latag atus Bitsi the Delaware private meals and maid service 1 Elliott 4756760 Graham furniture 236 main 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