Tragedy leads to no camping at Cottonwood, AZ Walmart
News from my home town. No camping/overnight parking We seldom park at Walmart etc... over night, but I do hate to see the opportunity to do so disappear.
Forum Discussion
dodge guy wrote:
Maybe if the police rolled through the lot a few days sooner and more frequently they would`ve noticed 9 people living in a suburban!
The problem is the Walmart lot is private property and unless Walmart asks the police to do something their hands are somewhat tied. I've seen people park in the fire lanes at Walmart, in some cases actually blocking the entrances, and I've complained to both Walmart and the Fire Dept. They both get into finger pointing matches about whose job it is to enforce the law and nothing ever gets done. I think it's a sign of the times that as a society we've given up on enforcing the little laws instead trying to focus on "the bigger picture" using a wide range of excuses - budget, manpower, authority, legal confusion, etc. Unfortunately it creates a mentality of lawlessness - if I can get away with a minor infraction I might be able to get by with something larger.
