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Walmart is testing the use of body-worn cameras for its employees in Denton, Texas.
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The stores have signage warning shoppers that the cameras are being used.
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The parent company of TJ Maxx, Marshalls and Homegoods equipped loss prevention employees with body-worn cameras earlier this year.
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Walmart is testing the use of body-worn cameras for its employees in Denton, Texas.
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The stores have signage warning shoppers that the cameras are being used.
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The parent company of TJ Maxx, Marshalls and Homegoods equipped loss prevention employees with body-worn cameras earlier this year.
As part of a trial initiative to improve worker safety at stores, Walmart employees in North Texas are donning body cameras, according to Fox Business.
Employees at some Denton establishments will wear the cameras. There is signage at the locations indicating that the staff members are wearing cameras on their bodies.
Only Denton stores are now testing the program. A Walmart representative told Fox Business that the company would assess the pilot program’s outcomes before determining the program’s long-term viability.
In a statement to FOX Business, Walmart stated, “We are constantly looking at new and innovative technology used across the retail industry, even though we don’t talk about the specifics of our security measures.”
Body-worn cameras have already been tested in stores by other retailers, including Walmart.
As a disincentive to theft, TJX Companies, the parent company of TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods, has been deploying body-worn cameras in its stores.
Only loss prevention personnel who have received training on how to use the cameras are allowed to wear them.
According to the National Retail Federation’s 2023 National Retail Security Survey, retail theft cost businesses a total of $112.1 billion in 2022. Approximately 91% of respondents to NRF’s most recent study, “The Impact of Retail Theft & Violence 2024,” believe that shoplifters are becoming more violent and aggressive than they were in 2019.
The Source: Fox Business is the source of the information in this article.
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