Employees say cameras are unreliable, not always functioning

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A woman’s body went undiscovered in a car in short-term parking at Harry Reid International Airport for nearly a month in a part of the garage just yards away from passenger pickup, the 8 News Now Investigators first reported Monday.

The car sat undisturbed for 23 days. It was not until a parking employee noticed the smell that he called Metro police.

“The odor around the vehicle — it’s pretty, pretty horrific,” a Metro officer said in body-camera video the 8 News Now Investigators obtained documenting the response.

The discovery comes on the heels of an 8 News Now Investigators’ report finding thieves have stolen dozens of cars parked at the airport garages over two years. The investigation also found surveillance and security systems do not always work.

“To me, it seems like there’s no safety in that garage, at all,” a former airport employee told the 8 News Now Investigators. The person, who requested anonymity, came forward after seeing the 8 News Now Investigators’ report in November.

While there are cameras and license plate readers throughout the garages, the 8 News Now Investigators found they do not always work or do not capture every vehicle. The 8 News Now Investigators paged through dozens of stolen vehicle reports, finding surveillance and other security measures in place are not catching nor preventing all thefts.

Reid Airport is one of the nation’s busiest with tens of millions...

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