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Festival Park Security Overhaul: Council Directs Clear-Bag Enforcement at Next Major Event
Summary
City staff outlined a four-tier Festival Park security matrix including magnetometers, bag checks and perimeter controls; council directed immediate full enforcement of a clear-bag policy at the upcoming Dogwood Fall Festival and asked for an administrative after-action report.
Brooke Redding of the city manager's office presented a revised Festival Park security protocol created with police, parks and recreation and event organizers. The framework uses a four-tier system tied to expected attendance: Tier 1 (up to 1,000 attendees) and Tier 2 (1,000–2,000) use controlled entry, selective wanding and light bag checks; higher tiers use gated access, magnetometers and mandatory bag checks.
Redding estimated that…
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