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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Safer Schools: Robbinsdale Area Schools Enhance Visitor Security

A new electronic system tracks visits and records visitor identity. New procedures begin this week.

If you want to visit a District 281 school, procedures to enter the building will be a little different beginning this week. On Monday, the district implemented a new visitor management system that uses visitors’ drivers license or government-issued photo to track visits and confirm identity of those entering the school. “The safety of our students and the security of our buildings is extremely important to Robbinsdale Area Schools,” Jeff Priess, Executive Director of Business Services, said in a letter on Jan. 25. “In an effort to enhance school safety and security, Robbinsdale Area Schools will upgrade to electronic visitor management procedures effective February 4.” According to Preiss’s letter, here’s how the new system works: In …

Friday, January 18, 2013

Hennepin County to Provide Security Deputies for President's Inauguration

The inauguration is Monday, Jan. 21, 2013 in Washington D.C.

Editor's Note: The following is a Hennepin County Sheriff's Office press release. Tomorrow, a group of Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office deputies and supervisors will travel to Washington D.C. to prepare to work at the Inauguration of President Barack Obama on January 21, 2013. The Sheriff’s Office is sending 40 personnel to the inauguration where they will provide security along the route of the Inaugural Parade.  Sheriff’s personnel are officially sworn-in as deputy marshals during their security assignment. “It is certainly an honor for the Sheriff’s Office to be selected to work at this national event,” said Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek, “I know our deputies will proudly represent Hennepin County in our nation’s capital on an …

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