RMBP not asking for password after sleep

I have a concern with the security of my Macbook Pro Retina because everytime I put it to sleep, it almost always doesn't ask me for a password.  I'd say 9/10 times it will just go straight to the desktop without asking me for my password.
I have tried different ways of putting it to sleep:
Apple Menu > Sleep
Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + Power/Eject
Close the lid
Once in a while, I will see the login window flash on the screen quickly but then it completely gets skipped (without me entering a password) and it goes to straight to the desktop.
Also, not sure if it is related but when it skips the login screen my computer becomes sort of unresponsive.  I can move the mouse and open/close windows but I can't use the keyboard to type anything.  For example, if I have Chrome previously open I can (sort of) interact with it but I can't type a URL in the address bar.  Other things won't work like the clicking menu bar or clicking the Apple Menu.  I thought there was a rogue app open but I can't click the Apple Menu to get to Force Quit and I can't use Alt+⌘+Esc.
Basically I just have to force the computer to restart.  It's annoying because I have things I'm working on at the moment - hence the reason I only put the computer to sleep in the first place.
Here are my current settings:
Note that I am on an account with admin access but there are also other admin accounts which I think is why "Require password immediately" is prechecked but not editable.
Wondering if anyone has experienced this before and have any ideas/solutions for me.
Thanks in advance!

Thanks!  I've resorted to doing this.  It's a small annoyance of having to type out my username along with my password but at least I know for sure it's locked.
I actually played around with a few things and I thought I fixed it.
I went to Users > username > Library > Preferences.  Inside com.apple.screensaver.plist, I thought this was causing it
And I saw on another thread someone suggested to delete these files:
com.apple.screensaver.plist
com.apple.systempreferences.plist
I tried it and I thought it worked because I put my laptop to sleep and the login screen showed up!  However, after leaving it in sleep overnight, the problem came back =(

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