Local police get boost to make schools safer.

Pictured, left to right, Oceana County Undersheriff Ryan Schiller, Oceana Foundation Director Tammy Carey, Hart Police Officer Shawn Anderson, Hart and Shelby-Benona Fire Chief Jack White, Michigan State Police Trooper Todd Goodrich, Pentwater Police Chief Laude Hartrum and Shelby Police Chief Bob Farber. – Community Foundation photo

Local police get boost to make schools safer.

HART – The Youth Advisory Council of the Community Foundation for Oceana County recently contributed $3,000 to make local schools safer.

The donation will go toward the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office proposal for “Knox Boxes,” which will be installed at all Oceana County school buildings.

The “Knox Boxes” give emergency personnel easier access to schools during an emergency. It is a small steel box affixed to the outside of school buildings that contains a master key for the school.

Local law enforcement agencies will have special, serialized, keys that can’t be copied to gain access the boxes. There will be two boxes per building for responding agencies.

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