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I guess making us pay through the nose for shipping didn't eliminate the problem!!A FedEx cargo handler stole 146 handguns from the Monmouth County facility where he worked and enlisted a friend to help sell the weapons at public housing projects in Jersey City and on the streets of Newark and East Orange, federal investigators said today.
It's a good thing they have tight security, or New Jersey residents would be in real danger. He should be embarrassed to utter those words after 146 handguns walked out of his facility."It appears to be an isolated issue. We have very tight security procedures in place. We don't tolerate any type of illegal activity in our company," McCluskey said.
Not a confidence booster!!
One or two instances I might see as isolated issues - but 146 instances? This begs the question: What is the incident threshold FedEx would recognize as a well defined pattern of unlawful conduct?"It appears to be an isolated issue. We have very tight security procedures in place. We don't tolerate any type of illegal activity in our company," McCluskey said.
One individual who doesn't want their gun stolen and decides not to inform FedEx of the contents of a package.Excaliber wrote:This begs the question: What is the incident threshold FedEx would recognize as a well defined pattern of unlawful conduct?
He stole 76 and 70 in two thefts.Excaliber wrote:One or two instances I might see as isolated issues - but 146 instances? This begs the question: What is the incident threshold FedEx would recognize as a well defined pattern of unlawful conduct?"It appears to be an isolated issue. We have very tight security procedures in place. We don't tolerate any type of illegal activity in our company," McCluskey said.
That's still hard to explain and still be consistent with FedEx's contention that they have good security. It's less than reassuring that they apparently don't consider it suspicious if an employee takes a box big enough to hold that many guns out to his personally owned vehicle.Mike1951 wrote:He stole 76 and 70 in two thefts.
As long as you have employees, no security system is going to completely prevent theft. At least they caught the guy and have eliminated one of the sources. Given the millions of packages processed by FedEx every day, I am surprised that it even made the news.Excaliber wrote:That's still hard to explain and still be consistent with FedEx's contention that they have good security. It's less than reassuring that they apparently don't consider it suspicious if an employee takes a box big enough to hold that many guns out to his personally owned vehicle.
Let me see if I understand this correctly:WildBill wrote:BTW, I don't consider it suspicious if employees take packages to their cars. I have personal USPS, UPS and FedEx packages delivered to work all the time. People bring and take personal items in and out of work all the time.
That's not true at a FedEx facility though. I've picked up packages at both the local FedEx and UPS distribution center, and procedures are pretty similar both places. Employees coming out have to go though a metal detector and anything they're carrying (including lunch pails and purses) are searched by security. They take security and theft pretty seriously.WildBill wrote:BTW, I don't consider it suspicious if employees take packages to their cars. I have personal USPS, UPS and FedEx packages delivered to work all the time. People bring and take personal items in and out of work all the time.
As Xander stated, the security for FedEx and UPS is different than most. I have never worked for such a facility so I am not familar with how their tracking and security work. I merely stated that at my company I would never be checked when I leave to see if the name on a package matched my own.Excaliber wrote:Let me see if I understand this correctly:WildBill wrote:BTW, I don't consider it suspicious if employees take packages to their cars. I have personal USPS, UPS and FedEx packages delivered to work all the time. People bring and take personal items in and out of work all the time.
The BG in this case was allegedly a cargo handler, working for FedEx all day with packages sent by and to others in a warehouse type environment. If a person in this position took a big, heavy box addressed to a gun importer whose name doesn't match his own out to his car, you'd just figure he'd gotten a FedEx delivery at work and there was nothing to be concerned about.
Just out of curiosity, what would you consider a potential indicator of theft in this environment?
