I want to preface this by saying I dont want to get into an arguement, but I would like to get some evidence to this.
I used to work as an LPA for a SuperCenter Walmart. We did not have a second story "observation area". And there is not a whole wall of "friggin" monitors, nor were there a dozen people watching.
I will not say how many people, if any, are watching at any given time. I will say that some walmarts have PTZ cameras, and some have fixed cameras. So it's not possible to watch every nook and cranny.
I will say that I agree with your statement that if there are more shooters, it will be on tape. All entrances and exits that are easily accessible to the public are covered in cameras, just not the entire store.
Ok, I’m not always looking up.
But I have noted in *some* WalMarts the ceiling goes up to the roof in the middle, but across the front & back of the store (beneath the ceiling) there are enclosed rooms where there are security personnel observing cc tv monitors as well as little windows.They monitor parking lot cameras too.
When they spot theft or other activity, they zoom in & record them, and go onto the intercom and say “Code whatever” to alert the floor security.
Once a nut tried to start an altercation with me in the parking lot. I alerted customer service. The upstairs surveillance had already observed & recorded the incident, filmed me walking into the store, and continued filming the woman as she keyed my car.
I was provided with printouts of several still photos by a very professional detective dressed like a typical Walmartian thug— gold teeth, saggy pants, do-rag on his hair.