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code green

What does code green mean?

'Code Green' at Walmart signals an active hostage situation in or near the store — about as serious as the colour chart gets. It's used to alert staff without tipping off the person holding the hostages. If you hear it, you do not want to be heading toward customer service to ask what it means; you want to be walking out the nearest fire door.

"Manager whispered Code Green into the headset and every cashier just… stopped scanning and started moving people."

Frequently asked questions

What does Code Green mean at Walmart?
Code Green is a Walmart PA code signalling an active hostage situation.
How do you use Code Green in a sentence?
"The moment Code Green came over the PA, managers locked the office."
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