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Nolensville commissioners ask staff to study feasibility, costs, and liabilities of a safe-haven baby box
Summary
After residents raised recent national media reports of baby-box infant surrenders, commissioners asked staff to research legal and operational requirements — including staffing, alarm testing, and 24/7 coverage — before deciding whether to install a baby box at Fire Station 1 or another facility.
Commissioners at the Nolensville March 24 work session asked staff to study the requirements, costs and liabilities of installing a safe-haven baby box at Fire Station 1 or an alternate local facility.
Commissioner Gill and others asked for more information after a constituent and news coverage highlighted the use of baby boxes in other Tennessee cities. Staff said the state law allows parents to leave infants at designated…
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