Walmart is experimenting with body cameras for employees—like the ones used by cops—to ward off 'unprecedented levels' of shopper violence

Walmart employee at check out (Credit: Getty Images—effrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group)

• Walmart is piloting a body-camera program at a set of stores as a safety measure for employees as the retail industry as a whole contends with rising levels of crime and violence from shoppers. Retailers have asked employees to wear the cameras as a way to deter difficult interactions from escalating. Walmart did not offer insight on the specific type of body cameras worn by employees in the pilot program.

It’s the holiday season, and shoppers have gotten more testy—and in some cases, violent—than ever before.