THERE ARE NEW "COPS" AT CERTAIN
WALMART
PARKING LOTS...BUT NOT THE
TYPICAL KIND. MARISA:
WALMART HAS ADDED A NEW SECURITY
FEATURE
TO ITS PARKING LOTS.. TO HELP
PREVENT CRIME.
BRIGETTE NAMATA IS HERE NOW WITH
A STORY
THAT'S NEW AT TEN ... BRIGETTE?
DASH AND MARISA, SECURITY
TOLD ME "SHOPLIFTING" GETS EVEN
WORSE DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
THIS NEW SECURITY FEATURE IS
SUPPOSED
TO SCARE THIEVES AWAY.
There's something "new" at the
Kapolei Walmart parking
lot.
tall pole, and there are
cameras attached to the top.
PAT MOLIOO: "Never seen nothing
like that before. That's
new to me? I guess upgrade is
betta, eh?" It's a strange
looking device, leaving some
customers...
"perplexed."
PAT MOLIOO: "What is that, for,
theft?" It's called a "lot cop"
- and it's exactly as it sounds.
LYNN TAVARES: "Well, I thought
it's the police, you know? Now
they really can see what you're
doing out here, really."
RICHARD SUZUKI: "I said wow,
that's something great,
cause I think those things
should be installed in every
pole out here."
You can find them at Walmart
mainland.
Now, they're popping up on Oahu
and Maui. "Lot Cops" are a
mobile, solar-powered security
system that's supposed to catch
any illegal action on
camera.
I'm told a motion-sensor is
installed, so if you get near
the lot cop, it will flash a
blue light.
RICHARD SUZUKI: "Mostly I see
litter, they throw trash all
over the place. I have some
friends who experienced car
break in, too. Nothing the store
can do about it. It's
beyond their call, eh."
Customers tell me they're glad
to see the lot cop.
RICHARD SUZUKI: "It's gonna
lot. Being in a rough area, it
makes you feel safer
like that."
WE CAN CONFIRM THAT THE WALMART
IN PEARL
CITY ALSO HAS A LOT COP IN THEIR
PARKING LOT.
WE'RE ALSO TOLD THE WALMART ON
MAUI AS
WELL AS THE KUNIA WALMART
RECENTLY
INSTALLED LOT COPS AS WELL. BACK
