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Is Wal Mart doing anything to beef up Black Friday security?

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Is Wal Mart doing anything to beef up Black Friday security?

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Holiday shoppers venturing out the day after Thanksgiving can expect the usual – deals, crowds and the police. But this year, authorities have beefed up communications. The Nassau County Police Department on Tuesday detailed the increased patrols that usually take place during the shopping season and outlined safety tips for shoppers. The Suffolk County Police Department will be adding 15 officers to patrol shopping areas on foot. “We’ve always had these holiday patrols, but what we have done this year is stepped up the communications process with retail stores in light of what happened last year,” said Det. Sgt. Anthony Repalone, a Nassau police spokesman, referring to the trampling death of a Valley Stream Walmart employee under a surge of Black Friday shoppers. “We have had several meetings with them, suggested ways of curtailing anxiety levels of people looking for certain items, asked them to have sufficient security personnel and people working who are highly visible and communic

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