Tag: Pine Bluff
Arkansas town considers requiring businesses to install surveillance
November 13, 2012SSN Staff
PINE BLUFF, Ark.—Leaders in this town are considering an ordinance requiring convenience stores and restaurants to install and maintain surveillance equipment, according to NACS.online.
The move was prompted by an unsolved crime in which Mohammed Islam, a convenience store clerk at the Big Red Food Mart, was killed during an attempted armed robbery two months ago, the report said. At the time of the robbery, cameras in the store were not working.
According to the proposal, storeowners, managers...