WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:02:23.1380000" NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.8284498 00:00:02.150 --> 00:00:04.022 Starting today, you may notice something NOTE Confidence: 0.8284498 00:00:04.022 --> 00:00:06.070 different if you visit Saracen Casino. NOTE Confidence: 0.8284498 00:00:06.070 --> 00:00:07.712 Yeah, before you can head NOTE Confidence: 0.8284498 00:00:07.712 --> 00:00:09.340 straight to the slot machines, NOTE Confidence: 0.8284498 00:00:09.340 --> 00:00:11.410 you'll have to walk through metal NOTE Confidence: 0.8284498 00:00:11.410 --> 00:00:13.261 detectors 1st THV 11's Mercedes NOTE Confidence: 0.8284498 00:00:13.261 --> 00:00:15.301 McKay explains why they made NOTE Confidence: 0.8284498 00:00:15.301 --> 00:00:17.308 the investment. It was a major NOTE Confidence: 0.88469774 00:00:17.310 --> 00:00:18.765 investment and it's one that's NOTE Confidence: 0.88469774 00:00:18.765 --> 00:00:20.586 been in the back of casino NOTE Confidence: 0.88469774 00:00:20.586 --> 00:00:22.679 leaders minds for a long time now. NOTE Confidence: 0.88469774 00:00:22.680 --> 00:00:24.220 But after that shooting that NOTE Confidence: 0.88469774 00:00:24.220 --> 00:00:25.760 occurred at the beginning of NOTE Confidence: 0.88469774 00:00:25.817 --> 00:00:27.437 March here in the parking lot, NOTE Confidence: 0.88469774 00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:29.808 they decided to get the ball rolling even NOTE Confidence: 0.88469774 00:00:29.808 --> 00:00:31.907 faster just to make sure everyone felt NOTE Confidence: 0.88469774 00:00:31.910 --> 00:00:33.870 as safe as possible to make the NOTE Confidence: 0.88469774 00:00:33.870 --> 00:00:36.142 investment is a small amount to pay over NOTE Confidence: 0.88469774 00:00:36.142 --> 00:00:38.255 the long haul of what we're expecting NOTE Confidence: 0.88469774 00:00:38.255 --> 00:00:41.148 to see these systems do. On top of the NOTE Confidence: 0.88469774 00:00:41.150 --> 00:00:42.575 thousands of cameras and dozens NOTE Confidence: 0.88469774 00:00:42.575 --> 00:00:44.679 of guards that are in and around NOTE Confidence: 0.88469774 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:46.219 Saracen casino in Pine Bluff, NOTE Confidence: 0.88469774 00:00:46.220 --> 00:00:48.008 and you Security system was just NOTE Confidence: 0.842164658 00:00:48.010 --> 00:00:49.876 installed. These are the same systems NOTE Confidence: 0.842164658 00:00:49.876 --> 00:00:52.061 that that are used in major sports NOTE Confidence: 0.842164658 00:00:52.061 --> 00:00:53.825 venues across the nation and that NOTE Confidence: 0.842164658 00:00:53.825 --> 00:00:56.077 Las Vegas there used at major theme NOTE Confidence: 0.842164658 00:00:56.077 --> 00:00:57.660 parks past Arkansas State Police NOTE Confidence: 0.840698 00:00:57.660 --> 00:00:58.584 Officer turned director NOTE Confidence: 0.840698 00:00:58.584 --> 00:00:59.816 security for the casino. NOTE Confidence: 0.840698 00:00:59.820 --> 00:01:01.165 Lori Willock says they are NOTE Confidence: 0.840698 00:01:01.165 --> 00:01:02.944 the 1st in Arkansas to have NOTE Confidence: 0.840698 00:01:02.944 --> 00:01:04.440 this weapon detection system. NOTE Confidence: 0.840698 00:01:04.440 --> 00:01:06.267 The two detectors are on the right NOTE Confidence: 0.840698 00:01:06.267 --> 00:01:08.261 and left side of the main entrance NOTE Confidence: 0.840698 00:01:08.261 --> 00:01:09.701 and they've already proven to NOTE Confidence: 0.840698 00:01:09.701 --> 00:01:11.520 be effective catching weapons. NOTE Confidence: 0.840698 00:01:11.520 --> 00:01:13.788 Once we lock says it's all about NOTE Confidence: 0.840698 00:01:13.788 --> 00:01:15.827 giving people Peace of Mind that can NOTE Confidence: 0.840698 00:01:15.830 --> 00:01:17.816 come in and have the guest NOTE Confidence: 0.840698 00:01:17.816 --> 00:01:19.140 experience that they want. NOTE Confidence: 0.840698 00:01:19.140 --> 00:01:20.515 But also feel that they NOTE Confidence: 0.840698 00:01:20.515 --> 00:01:22.340 have a safe area to do it. NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:22.340 --> 00:01:24.476 It's meant to be a no hassle system, NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:26.640 so everyday items like your phone in your NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:28.746 keys won't go off when you walk through. NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:28.750 --> 00:01:30.696 The idea is that the vast majority NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:30.696 --> 00:01:32.361 of individuals are going to be NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:32.361 --> 00:01:33.903 able to pass right through the NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:33.903 --> 00:01:35.430 system and go about their day. NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:35.430 --> 00:01:37.026 They don't even realize that they NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:37.030 --> 00:01:38.176 went through a system in the NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:38.176 --> 00:01:39.335 1st place of all Technology NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:39.335 --> 00:01:40.715 solutions engineer John Riley NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:40.715 --> 00:01:42.095 installed the casinos detectors. NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:42.100 --> 00:01:43.702 He says even for those people NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:43.702 --> 00:01:44.770 who do get stopped, NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:44.770 --> 00:01:46.030 the screening is still painless NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:46.030 --> 00:01:47.038 because the detectors targeted NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:47.038 --> 00:01:48.240 resolution capability. If it NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:48.240 --> 00:01:49.456 was to detect something, NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:49.456 --> 00:01:50.976 it actually tells you where NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:50.976 --> 00:01:52.730 on your body or on your bag. NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:52.730 --> 00:01:54.963 That item was so that the secondary NOTE Confidence: 0.86285836 00:01:54.963 --> 00:01:56.839 screening process is very quick with NOTE Confidence: 0.8492927 00:01:56.840 --> 00:01:58.730 just one walk through the casino, NOTE Confidence: 0.8492927 00:01:58.730 --> 00:02:00.455 hopes their new safety measures NOTE Confidence: 0.8492927 00:02:00.455 --> 00:02:02.506 eases the minds of everyone who NOTE Confidence: 0.8492927 00:02:02.506 --> 00:02:04.108 comes to play in Pine Bluff. NOTE Confidence: 0.8492927 00:02:04.110 --> 00:02:05.690 Mercedes McKay THV 11 news. NOTE Confidence: 0.8492927 00:02:05.690 --> 00:02:06.950 Thanks so much Mercedes NOTE Confidence: 0.8492927 00:02:06.950 --> 00:02:09.057 at the beginning of May the casino NOTE Confidence: 0.8492927 00:02:09.057 --> 00:02:10.995 announced all the restaurants and its NOTE Confidence: 0.8492927 00:02:10.995 --> 00:02:13.263 facilities are now only 21 and over. NOTE Confidence: 0.8492927 00:02:13.270 --> 00:02:14.850 The chief marketing officer says NOTE Confidence: 0.8492927 00:02:14.850 --> 00:02:16.644 they made that decision because casino NOTE Confidence: 0.8492927 00:02:16.644 --> 00:02:18.330 gaming is their primary business, NOTE Confidence: 0.8492927 00:02:18.330 --> 00:02:20.742 so it just made sense to keep the age NOTE Confidence: 0.8492927 00:02:20.742 --> 00:02:23.137 limit the same throughout the facility.