Walmart has become the most recent retailer known to have some store employees wear body cameras .
The nation’s largest retailer has some employees taking part in a body camera pilot program. “While we don’t talk about the specifics of our security measures, we are always looking at new and innovative technology used across the retail industry,” Walmart said in a statement to USA TODAY. “This is a pilot we are testing in one market, and we will evaluate the results before making any longer-term decisions.”
While some retailers are prioritizing theft prevention with the deployment of body cameras, a person close to the project says Walmart is focusing the test on employee safety at a handful of stores involved in the pilot.
Stockton has three Walmart stores, including two Supercenters, one on Hammer Lane and one on Trinity Parkway. Organized retail crime has been a problem in San Joaquin County, but the retailer did not say if Stockton stores are among the pilot.
A shopper in Denton, Texas shared a photo of a Walmart associate wearing a yellow-and-black body camera earlier this month with CNBC, the news outlet reported .