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Oconee County outlines facility safety upgrades, AED rollout and active-shooter drills
Summary
County risk-management staff described a multi-pronged safety program including a four-person risk team, AEDs and 'stop-the-bleed' kits, de-escalation training, active-shooter plans and planned metal-detector screening by July 1 in council chambers.
Miss Roberts, a county risk-management staff member, presented an overview of county facility safety work and training priorities, describing a new team structure, equipment purchases and planned drills.
Roberts said the county had divided risk-management responsibilities among a four-person team that specializes in different areas while rotating on-call duties so no single staffer covers 24/7 emergencies alone. She highlighted a focused security assessment being carried out by County staff member Mister Agliano in close coordination with the Sheriff’s Office, covering multiple county facilities including the Pine Street building.
Roberts described improvements already completed or underway: perimeter photography using drones with the sheriff’s office, revised wayfinding signage in the Pine Street building, gates to restrict access after hours, and repairs to a hole in the motor-pool fence that had allowed unauthorized access. She also noted the county added automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to facilities that lacked them (the county museum was specifically mentioned) and distributed “stop-the-bleed” kits; Roberts said the county has multiple kits sized to serve groups and could support neighboring facilities in an incident.
Training and certification were a repeated emphasis. Roberts said staff have completed OSHA training and that the county has conducted CPR, AED and first-aid classes that certified about 50 county workers over several days, with broad participation from library and other offices. The county also provided de-escalation training for customer-facing offices (auditor, assessor, treasurer) with sheriff’s office instructors. Roberts said she personally is pursuing FEMA certifications to assist emergency services during broader exercises and drills.
Roberts said the county has created a specific active-shooter plan and will brief county employees soon, followed by scheduled drills at the Pine Street building and other facilities. She also said new council-chamber security measures are planned by July 1, including metal detectors, wands and a clear-bag policy; those measures will require sheriff’s deputies to operate screening stations.
On equipment and staffing, Roberts described a plan to review camera coverage and add or reposition cameras where visibility is limited. She also said solid-waste operations expressed interest in de-escalation training because staff there regularly interact with upset customers.
No formal policy vote was taken at the meeting. The presentation outlined planned actions and training the county intends to carry out and identified several items that will require interdepartmental coordination with the Sheriff’s Office, emergency services and facilities-maintenance teams.
