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Danvers trustees press for enforcement of staff panic-button policy after library safety review
Summary
Trustees at the Town of Danvers library meeting were told cameras and police access exist, but trustees raised concerns that staff are not wearing required panic buttons; trustees directed the director to explain policy compliance at the next meeting.
At a Town of Danvers Library Trustees meeting, Assistant Director Jennifer McGeorge reported that police and fire officials completed a building safety review and that trustees asked for clearer enforcement of the library's panic-button policy.
The trustees pressed the board to put compliance with the panic-button policy on the agenda next month, saying the policy exists but staff have not consistently worn the devices.
McGeorge said police Chief Lovell met with library leadership and "didn't feel…
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