Drills will be conducted to test the ability of operators, law enforcement, and emergency responders to handle such an attack, though specific details were not provided. Casinos were tasked with creating a \u201cspecial action team\u201d that would presumably be able to quickly respond to major incidents. They also aim to be able to communicate with city officials during a crisis.<\/p>\n
Security employees at resorts are also being trained to look for any suspicious activity. Other measures being implemented in Macau are large luggage bans from the casino floor and metal detectors at each entrance.<\/p>\n
Las Vegas Strip casinos have, so far, not announced any similar coordinated plans. MGM Resorts did say it has no plans to rent the 32nd floor suite that Paddock used to carry out his deadly attack again.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a terrible tragedy perpetrated by an evil man. We have no intention of renting that room,\u201d the company said in a statement. It’s not clear if the ban will be permanent, however, or what will become of the room otherwise.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe family of one of the gunman\u2019s victims filed suit on Tuesday. This is the second litigation against the MGM in response to the tragedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Security protocols were implemented at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center at the prestigious\u00a0Barrett-Jackson automobile auction this week, with all attendees getting wanded by guards with hand-held-metal detectors. The center is at the back of the resort where on October 1st Stephen Paddock carried out the deadliest mass shooting in US history, killing 58 people and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":61320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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