If somebody is determined and nobody knows about what they’re doing, it’s a very difficult situation to stop from occurring. “Those are the kinds of things we need to discuss and look at and the kind of things we are discussing at our property. “I think some of the less intrusive built-in metal detectors that the Westgate is testing and phasing in, that’s the kind of stuff that solves both problems of being less intrusive and making people feel welcome and not feel hassled,” Rafaqat said. He’s a proponent of the “right technology” that improves safety and security. The casino industry is in customer service business and has to create that balance between intrusiveness and providing guests customer service and making sure they feel welcome, said Mohammad Rafaqat, director of security at Reno’s Grand Sierra Resort & Casino. Others say everyone is fearful of taking that approach because they will lose customers. Some suggested the public is used to it already at airports, sporting events and concerts and want to feel safe when they’re sitting in a casino.

There were mixed feelings from security directors about the use of metal detectors in casinos. “They have gunshot recognition and now a company has a spray that comes out of a ceiling to neutralize an individual. “The active shooter technology is ever changing,” Lawrence said. But, he expects larger hotels to add metal detectors and new technologies like the Patriot One system that detect weapons and bombs. Randy Lawrence, security director at Casino Pauma in California, said his property doesn’t have a hotel. The idea is that it would have detected guns shooter Stephen Paddock brought into the Mandalay Bay.

It’s called a first-of-its-kind Cognitive Microwave Radar concealed weapons detection system to combat active shooter threats before they occur.Ī system that could cost $250,000 or more to install in a major hotel, to $25,000 to $50,000 for smaller properties, alerts security by detecting guns, knives or explosive devices by scanning people covertly. The resort was already looking to implement the products prior to the Oct. The Westgate Las Vegas has been testing Patriot One’s emerging technology.

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