{"id":90356,"date":"2018-10-13T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T17:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=90356"},"modified":"2018-10-12T13:30:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T20:30:32","slug":"casino-security-still-top-of-mind-one-year-after-mandalay-bay-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/casino-security-still-top-of-mind-one-year-after-mandalay-bay-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons Learned: Casino Security Still Top of Mind One Year After Mandalay Bay Shooting Tragedy, But Solutions Remain Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"

Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock told inquisitive Mandalay Bay staff members that the excess of luggage he was loading to his 32nd-floor suite — which actually contained firearms he planned to use to kill attendees of a music festival happening below — was related to a family reunion.<\/p>\n

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Mandalay Bay employees unknowingly helped Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock transport his weapons to his hotel suite. (Image: MGM Resorts\/Casino.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo made the revelation at a luncheon hosted by the Las Vegas Hospitality Association this week.<\/p>\n

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In stressing the importance of casino resorts continuing to elevate and strengthen their security measures, Lombardo explained, “Stephen Paddock didn’t look like a terrorist. No one knows what a terrorist looks like.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Las Vegas recently commemorated the one-year anniversary of the October 1, 2017, shooting<\/a> that left 58 victims dead and 851 others injured. Law enforcement still doesn’t have a concrete motive for the attack.<\/p>\n

City on High Alert<\/b><\/h2>\n

Security was a pillar topic at last week’s Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas. Nine discussions were held under the “Security, Surveillance & Compliance” category. Specific conversation matters included hotel security, property vulnerability, risk management, cybersecurity, and emergency management.<\/p>\n

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It’s on the minds of everybody in light of the terrible events last year,” <\/span><\/strong>Caesars Entertainment EVP Timothy Donovan said.<\/span> “It made everybody step back and look at their security protocol, their security personnel, and their security standards.”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Caesars is just one of the many casino operators in Las Vegas that have implemented new security protocols.<\/p>\n

Following the shooting, Wynn Resorts and Boyd Gaming were the first to alter their “do not disturb” guestroom policies after it was revealed that Paddock’s room at Mandalay Bay went uninspected for several days. Caesars announced in February that rooms would be visually checked once per day.<\/p>\n

Mandalay Bay’s failure to enter Paddock’s room allowed him to load an arsenal of weapons into the suite and assemble a firing perch.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Caesars announced the formation of a “civilian SWAT” team<\/a> for its Las Vegas properties to counter the threat of mass shootings and terrorism. Jennifer Forkish, who heads up corporate communications for the company, says the unit is comprised of highly trained former military and law enforcement personnel.<\/p>\n

Risk Still Prevalent<\/b><\/h2>\n

Security officials have expressed ongoing concerns in the year following the Las Vegas shooting that the threat for another such event remains. Former Israeli special ops fighter and counter-terrorism instructor Doron Benbenisty\u00a0believes the general public is in denial.<\/p>\n

“People refuse to think something bad will happen again,” Benbenisty explained. “All the active shootings and terrorism events around the world that have ever happened, no one believed it would happen to them.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Las Vegas Security Chiefs Association President Dave Logue — who is also the head security official at The Cosmopolitan — opined at this week’s G2E that he believes casino resorts will begin screening guest luggage “in the near future.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Gun collector Jeff Chase told the Nevada Current <\/i>recently, “I’m a national three-gun competitor <\/strong>[rifle, pistol, and shotgun events using both short and long-range targets]\u00a0and we’ve come in and out of hotels in Las Vegas with rolling cases full of weapons and never been questioned. There’s no regulation, bags are not scanned. Resorts are relying on the general good nature of people.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock told inquisitive Mandalay Bay staff members that the excess of luggage he was loading to his 32nd-floor suite — which actually contained firearms he planned to use to kill attendees of a music festival happening below — was related to a family reunion. 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