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MAR 61990 �ry <br />BOOK (� FAGE <br />he is just uncomfortable with a customer -- he doesn't have to <br />wait until it is a holdup. He hits the button, the security guard <br />comes on, looks and listens, and, if he does not see a <br />life-threatening situation, proceeds to talk to the clerk. Mr. <br />Valentino wished to see the Board scrap the 2 -person requirement <br />and go with the live access cameras. <br />Commissioner Wheeler noted that the 2 -person requirement is <br />an alternative to live access cameras. He assumesthat the camera <br />would be quite an expense to some owners of these stores. <br />Mr. Valentino advised that the live access cameras do not <br />cost as much as having two people. They pay $300 a month for the <br />rental equipment and the monitoring fee. Initially, there was a <br />minimal cost for installation. <br />Arthur Scheeren, a representative of the Fraternal Order of <br />Police of Indian River County, advised that in their general <br />meeting several months ago, their membership unanimously supported <br />the proposed ordinance because the requirement for two people has <br />worked in other jurisdictions. The only sure way of stopping the <br />holdups are to close the stores or put everyone in Jail, but that <br />will not happen. He pointed out that cameras are not always of <br />benefit because people come in with disguises or masks, and he <br />wished to ask the gentlemen from the Shell station if their system <br />ever had been activated in an actual robbery and whether it had <br />ever prevented anybody from being hurt. <br />Mr. Valentino advised that the Shell station was held up last <br />year, and the system was activated. The police were notified, and <br />the tape recorded the criminal. He was convinced that the people <br />who work for him out there love the live access camera. He was <br />sold on it, and felt it is far better than two employees. If the <br />Commissioners would like to come out, he would be happy to show <br />them how the system works. Mr. Valentino also wished to point out <br />that most gas stations built in the past 20 years in this state <br />have concrete floor safes, which is a hole in the floor with a <br />safe door. <br />40 <br />