When it comes to cannabis security, balancing compliance, effectiveness, and budget can be a daunting task—especially for businesses new to the industry’s unique demands. In this case study, we explore how Sapphire Risk Advisory Group helped a New Jersey cannabis retailer navigate an unexpectedly high security bid from their long-time integrator. By managing the RFP process, designing a tailored security …
Medical dispensaries are now permitted to sell adult-use cannabis in Ohio, as mandated by the DCC. Applications for this dual license begins on June 7, 2024. Ohio’s medical cannabis industry produced $484 million dollars in 2023. This is a large number for any program, especially considering an arguably restrictive list of patient conditions. Ohio’s path to the legalization of cannabis …
CPTED or Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design is the approach to crime prevention that utilizes architecture, urban planning, and facility management to deter criminal acts. When properly utilized, CPTED is an extremely successful method of crime prevention for any business, especially high-risk businesses like those in the cannabis industry. While CPTED has been tried and tested since the mid-1900s, newer …
Since choosing a lease property for a cannabis business is one of the most involved aspects of business start up, cannabis companies must recognize that the property’s ability to be secured is just as important as the property’s location. No matter the address, cannabis business owners will want to research the property’s crime history and implement layers of security to …
This article was originally featured on the RDC blog here. Designing a successful dispensary can be challenging in any location, but when the retailer is located in a high-crime area this task becomes even more difficult. Since it is not always possible to obtain property in a low-crime area due to competitive markets, zoning laws, and other factors, dispensary owners …
Lights are the first line of defense for any brick-and-mortar store, but in the cannabis industry, they are an even more crucial component of the security system. A proper security lighting system can both prevent and deter potential intruders, secure parking lots and outside perimeters, and illuminate areas that receive little or no light from adjacent properties. Outside, exterior …
This article was originally featured on Security Info Watch here. The nationwide legalization of medical and recreational, adult-use cannabis continues to face slow progress and partisan political disagreement in the U.S., even as more states make marijuana legal and nine-in-ten Americans say they support some form of marijuana legalization. It’s likely a matter of when, not if, cannabis is sanctioned at the …
When starting a cannabis cultivation facility, there are a lot of “I’s” to dot and “T’s” to cross. Ever wonder how existing licensed marijuana cultivators did it? Help… and lots of it. Sapphire Risk Advisory Group and Grow Space New England have joined forces. Providing clients with a turn-key solution in the cannabis / marijuana industry. Aspiring marijuana cultivators face …
If you ask most people what the opposite of love is, they may tell you it is hate. As security professionals, it is encumbered upon us to understand the subtle difference that suggests the opposite of love is not hate; the opposite of love is indifference. Hate requires a similar level of passion as love; apathy is devoid of emotion. …
