Thirty things to
check tonight

Warehouse losses in Delhi NCR rarely look like a film. There is usually no cut fence and no alarm. Far more often it is a gap somebody already knew about — an unlit side wall, a gate that is chained but not locked, a delivery signed for by nobody in particular.

Perimeter

• Walk the entire boundary. Are there sections you cannot see from any occupied position?
• Is the boundary wall climbable from outside — stacked material, a parked truck, a tree, a neighbouring roof?
• Are there gaps, broken sections or drainage openings a person could get through?
• Is anything stored against the outside of the wall that helps somebody over it?
• Are all gates that should be locked actually locked, not just chained?
• Is there a second or rear gate that everybody has forgotten about?

Lighting

• Stand at each corner at night. Can you see a person at twenty metres?
• Are there dead lamps nobody has reported?
• Does the lighting point outward across the approach, or only downward onto your own yard?
• Do the lights run all night, or switch off on a timer at a convenient hour?
• Is there a backup for when the power goes?

Cameras

• Pull up last night’s footage. Can you identify a face at the gate, or only see a shape?
• Is every gate, loading bay and boundary corner covered, or only the office door?
• Is anything blocking a camera — new racking, a stacked pallet, a spider web, a light shining into the lens?
• How many days of recording do you actually retain? Check, do not assume.
• Where is the recorder? If it is inside the building being robbed, it leaves with them.
• Is footage copied off site, or does it exist in exactly one place?
• If a camera stopped working tonight, who would find out, and when?
• Is anybody watching the feed at 2am, or is it recording into an empty room?

Access and keys

• List every person holding a key or gate code. Is the list current?
• Has anybody on that list left the company in the last year?
• When did you last change the locks or codes?
• Are visitors and drivers logged in and out by name, with vehicle numbers?
• Can a delivery vehicle enter the yard without anybody checking what is inside it?
• Is there a separate, controlled route for high-value stock?

Stock and process

• How quickly would you notice a missing pallet — the same day, or at the next stock count?
• Are your highest-value items stored where they can be seen, or in the least visible corner?
• Do gate passes get checked against the dispatch record, or just signed?
• Does the same person authorise, load and sign off a dispatch? That combination is where most insider losses live.

People and night procedure

• Who is the last person to leave, and what exactly are they responsible for locking?
• Is there a written closing checklist, or does everybody assume somebody else did it?
• If your guard finds a gate open at 2am, who do they call, and does that person answer?

Scoring your walk

You do not need a formula. Look at what you marked and see which group it clusters in:

• Mostly perimeter and lighting — you have a physical problem, and it is usually the cheapest kind to fix. Lights and a cleared boundary do a lot of work.
• Mostly cameras — you have coverage but no response. This is the gap monitored CCTV is built for; see recorded vs monitored.
• Mostly access, keys and stock — you may not have an intruder problem at all. Losses of this shape usually come from inside, and no amount of perimeter spending will touch them.