CALIFORNIA, Md. – The Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack is investigating a theft that occurred at the Walmart in California, MD on Monday, October 17, 2022.
If you recognize the person in this photo, please contact the Duty Officer at the Leonardtown Barrack at 301-475-8955 x0 and reference 22-MSP-040438.
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Wait, are they using Target Blue Light Special cameras from the ’90s? They have better cameras on their shelves for sale.
No, they really don’t. Many times what you’re seeing here with surveillance footage is not a screen grab directly from the camera system but rather a cell phone shot of the monitor they’re watching it on. It’s very apparent here because you can see the reflection of the room lights on the screen. Most commercial surveillance cameras cost $500-$1500 or even more and video quality is only one of the features those provide over what you can buy at Walmart; in many cases those other features are more important to the business than video quality. 4K video is actually a huge disadvantage because of the much larger video storage requirements… with a few exception the only people that want that level of video quality are those that are using them to check on their kids/dogs. In this tier you will find high quality 1080p cameras in many cases will have better video quality than lower end 4K cameras (which will typically be more expensive than the higher quality 1080p cameras.) Walmart is a billion dollar retail corporation… I promise you their LP folks are not as dumb as you might think. But full disclosure I have no first hand knowledge of anything related to Walmart beyond being an occasional customer. I do know they’ve been getting all sorts of attention for their self checkout fails so who knows.
I think that was K-Mart, but yeah… Maybe it’s a Blue Man Group sales event?