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Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas2012 Amended and 2013 Operating BudgetDivision OverviewSecurity DivisionDivision Overview:The Security Division provides daily officer security in nine Unified Government buildings. Four of thebuildings are equipped with metal detectors and two have x-ray equipment. All buildings have securityduring regular business hours with the exception of the Neighborhood Resource Center, which ismanned only during hearings. After business hours the Municipal Office Building provides securityusing manned camera surveillance twenty-four hours per day, seven days a week. The securityofficers assigned to the Municipal Office Building also monitor all elevator emergency calls during andafter business hours. The security officers provide a vital role in protecting the government’s patrons,employees, and property. In most cases, the security officers are the first contact with the public whencitizens enter a Unified Government building. The Security Division is committed to providing qualitysecurity services and, at the same time, strives to serve in a public relations and information-providingcapacity for the Unified Government.Important Issues:Special requests and meetings continue to require additional security support, mainly afterhours; however, some hearings require extra security during business hours.It is recommended that the UG consider improved surveillance cameras, x-ray machines, andmetal detectors in all of the Unified Government buildings to monitor the activities in these hightraffic public facilities. Currently, budget concerns do not allow state-of-the-art equipment to beat all stations.Highlights: In 2011, 869,383 people passed through the Unified Government’s metal detectors as isevidenced by the following counts:Municipal Office Building 326,524Courthouse 286,496Justice Complex 73,357Court Services Building 183,006 The following buildings have security presence but are not equipped with metal detectors:Public Health Department, Willa Gill Center, Annex, Election Office and the NRC.New Initiatives: To expeditiously replace any officers who leave the division in order to ensure full coverage ofall critical and highly used public facilities. Special requests and after-hour meetings continue to require additional Security support. ExtraSecurity is requested from the Appraiser’s Office during appeal hearings. Effective June 1, 2012, the Security Department assumed responsibility for Security at thePublic Levee. Security presence is now in place from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. during the workweek and 24 hours per day on weekends and holidays.236