The hospitality industry attracts dependent staff and correlated high levels of shrinkage. Most cloned credit cards are believed to emerge from staff who covertly make copies of client credit cards for distribution or sale to syndicates. Restaurants and franchise outlets have become desirable meeting places for syndicate players and criminal elements. General Video surveillance, coupled to specialised facial recognition technology features where appropriate, becomes an important source of security not only for the restaurant or fast food outlet owner and the national interest. Video surveillance supports a drive for quality, building, suburb and customer safety. This applies to broad spectrum, franchise chains, restaurants and fast food outlets. Video surveillance also provides essential security intelligence by monitoring theft and theft strategies. Security hardware is easy to install and difficult to steal or sabotage. Remote monitoring by facility owners enables regular site checks. Easily managed, relocated and maintained it provides a 360° security support solution.