# Security cameras at Walmart **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** ai\ **Created:** [September 30, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922 "2023-09-30T20:13:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922/41 "2024-01-08T00:34:24Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > The small-scale desperate/compulsive are not that big of a threat, but the people who walk in with a plan and work as a team are. Even if the latter are not the majority they do exist. Sounds just like casino blackjack. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922/42 "2024-01-08T00:42:21Z")
I love the voice to tell me “There’s something left in your cart” the red light pops on. Someone is supposed to come scan their ID and clear you. 90% of the time I don’t wait around for floor person to come over. I load my bags and roll on. I don’t be hoochin’ crap at Walmart. They wanna chase me down for a run through, go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922/43 "2024-01-08T01:28:55Z")
probably using the latest tech, RFID tags instead of barcodes ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922/44 "2024-01-08T01:34:25Z")
Aren’t RFID tags pretty expensive to use on every item in a convenience store? ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922/45 "2024-01-08T08:16:49Z")
I was at a Dollar Tree recently and a clerk made an announcement on the P.A. for “Associates perform security scan all aisles”, even if it was a bluff I can’t imagine caring THAT much about somebody shoplifting $1 items. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922/46 "2024-01-08T09:02:33Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I love the voice to tell me “There’s something left in your cart” the red light pops on. Someone is supposed to come scan their ID and clear you. 90% of the time I don’t wait around for floor person to come over. I load my bags and roll on. > I don’t be hoochin’ crap at Walmart. They wanna chase me down for a run through, go for it. We’re not allowed to run after you. Store security is, however, allowed to contact the police and get a warrant for your arrest if you are deemed annoying enough. You’re probably not considered worth chasing. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922/47 "2024-01-08T17:41:20Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I don’t be hoochin’ crap at Walmart. Sam beaming as he looks down from his cloud, “That’s my home town girl!” ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922/48 "2024-01-13T19:17:05Z")
Kind of related but definitely amusing. She was caught skip scanning, which means only scanning some of the items, on a few occasions. > **[Moms for Liberty member caught stealing from Target & being a HUGE hypocrite](https://www.pride.com/gay-news/moms-for-liberty-keri-blair-stealing)** > > Keri Blair was caught shoplifting from the same store conservatives love to hate for being too "woke" ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922/49 "2024-01-15T20:33:33Z")
They got her at only $700 which typically falls below the $1000 for a felony charge. I worked at Home Depot with a guy who was putting expensive tools and such in his bag and then returning them at other Hope Depot’s for cash. They arrested him at just over $1000 worth. A couple years before (in 2010) I also worked at Wal-mart and was very impressed by the camera tech those guys had. I worked in the electronics department where most video game stuff was locked in a case yet there was enough on the shelf to take to the shoe department where clearly it was a lot easier to open the stuff up and pocket it without being detected. We would get $100’s worth of empty packages back to record as “shrinkage” ---
**Author:** ![Cityyewtree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cityyewtree/32/15992_2.png) [@Cityyewtree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cityyewtree)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922/50 "2024-01-22T21:37:07Z")
I would be happy with just the fries. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922/51 "2024-01-23T23:19:03Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > I always wondered if people cut out the bar codes from cheap items and glue them onto similar items like jackets that can vary a lot in price. I guess if the item had several hang tags like most jackets do you could just switch the one with the bar code. All you would need is one of those guns that insert the plastic arrow thingees. I once caught a contractor doing that very thing; took the UPC off a bundle of expensive wood flooring, and substituted it with the UPC of a cheaper one. I merely took the original UPC up to the cashier, smiled at the customer, and told him that the tag had fallen off. So yes, people very much do do that. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922/52 "2024-01-23T23:24:07Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > I was at a Dollar Tree recently and a clerk made an announcement on the P.A. for “Associates perform security scan all aisles”, even if it was a bluff I can’t imagine caring THAT much about somebody shoplifting $1 items. I don’t shop at Dollar Tree very often, but when I do I usually only see one employee. The most I’ve ever seen at once was two. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922.md?page=2)