“I mean Cowboy Billy — you’ve got to be kidding me,” she said.

And she also asked for a deli and fish section, both of which Bostic said will be included.

Bostic said police will be part of the security for the store, but it will mainly rely on technology and in-store security officers.

“There will be facial recognition (software), and there will be a loss-prevention program, with officers not only in the store, but in the parking lot and area,” Bostic said.

The last time the city had a supermarket was from 1996 to 2004, when it closed because of theft and vandalism.

Bostic said there is software that also picks up problem behaviors.

“If an individual is making threatening gestures, it picks it up and alerts the people monitoring,” said Bostic, who said there will also be a direct feed to the police station.

“Obviously you don’t want anyone to get arrested, but you want everyone to do the right thing,” Bostic said. “But you also want to have protocols in place.”

Bostic said Uplift has worked to develop or redevelop supermarkets in Newark and in northeast Philadelphia.