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JSA Warns Jewelers of Power-Cut Break-Ins
Jul 3, 2019 11:40 AM
By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT...
The Jewelers’ Security Alliance (JSA)
has issued a “code red” warning ahead of Thursday’s July 4
celebrations in the US.
The New York-based association,
which provides crime information and
assistance to jewelers across America, has warned that power interruptions at
jewelry stores are a “red flag” for a break-in. Holidays such as July 4 are
particularly “high-risk,” it said in a crime alert late last week.
The JSA has identified over 50 cases to
date in 2019 where burglars have cut power supplies to US jewelry stores ahead
of a break-in.
Typical methods used include accessing the exterior electrical
panel to disable alarms and camera systems. Burglars will then wait to observe
police or other responders arriving, and will remain until they have departed
and until backup batteries have been exhausted.
Suspects may also cut
through roofs or break into the jewelry store from a neighboring business, JSA
said. In some cases, suspects may even cut power to several jewelry stores in
the same area, waiting to observe the response time before identifying the best
store to target.
The association has urged any store experiencing a power
cut to notify JSA, which is actively working with law enforcement to monitor the
situation. It has also recommended that jewelers should always respond to cases
of power interruptions
at their stores, and should have sufficient employees listed with their alarm
company to cover holidays, weekends and vacations.
Jewelers should regularly inspect
their electrical box, it added, reporting any sign of tampering to both the
police and JSA.
Image: A necklace in a jewelry-store window. (Pixabay)
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jewelers, Jewelers’ Security Alliance, JSA, july 4, new york, Rapaport News, security
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