{"id":25713,"date":"2023-02-21T14:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecam.com\/security-videos\/caught-on-camera-employee-steals-car-parts-at-dealership"},"modified":"2026-02-25T19:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:23:00","slug":"caught-on-camera-employee-steals-car-parts-at-dealership","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/ecam.com\/en-ca\/security-videos\/caught-on-camera-employee-steals-car-parts-at-dealership","title":{"rendered":"Caught on Camera: Employee Steals Car Parts at Dealership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to a 2022 study, retailers reported that up to 33.2% of inventory shrink was a result of employee theft. Even more shocking? According to researchers <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zippia.com\/advice\/employee-theft-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">with Zippia.com<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, up to 75% of employees admitted to having stolen from an employer at least once. See what happened when our live video monitoring cameras caught an employee taking advantage of what he thought were unmonitored cameras:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Employee Steals Car Parts\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GDBxCjR6ht0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/ecam.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this video, ECAM&#8217;s video review department was able to provide evidence to an automotive client of an employee clearly stealing tires and other auto parts during non-monitoring hours. After the client requested footage, our staff was able to pull up video of the incident and provide it to them for verification as to the identity of the suspect. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Proactive Security Measures Help Protect Your Business in a Variety of Ways<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We typically think of theft as a crime committed by someone coming into our business with that express purpose- but if the statistics above tell us anything, it\u2019s that insider and employee theft are more common than expected. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ecam.com\/en-ca\/industry-security-solutions\/automotive-dealerships\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Auto dealerships<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> are not immune to this unfortunate reality.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ECAM goes above and beyond traditional security methods. While many surveillance and security companies will provide footage and access, we not only monitor your live feeds in off hours and watch for suspicious activity when you\u2019re not there, but can also provide evidence of activity that occurs in non-monitoring hours just as in the video above, along with monitoring of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">service lanes<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and other high-traffic liability risk-heavy areas.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Help reduce your risks of inventory theft, property damage, liability claims, and more with our customized auto dealership security solutions. Proactive live video monitoring uses a combination of analytics-based cameras and human intelligence to spot suspicious or unwanted activity and take action as it happens.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our proactive solutions can save you and your business up to 60% on security costs, and more when it comes to helping minimize liability. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ecam.com\/en-ca\/contact\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Contact us today<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for more information. Texas Private Security License Number: B14187<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":25714,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[340,358],"industry":[323],"solution":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25713","1":"video","2":"type-video","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"tag-remote-video-monitoring-en-ca","7":"tag-videos-en-ca","8":"industry-automotive-dealerships-en-ca","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecam.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/video\/25713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecam.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/video"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecam.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/video"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecam.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ecam.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/video\/25713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecam.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecam.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecam.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25713"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecam.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=25713"},{"taxonomy":"solution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecam.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/solution?post=25713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}