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Red Phone, do my eyes deceive me? On the north side of the
Morgan Hill Police Department building I see a sign advertising a
landscape company working out of our so-called secure police
department
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“Red Phone, do my eyes deceive me? On the north side of the Morgan Hill Police Department building I see a sign advertising a landscape company working out of our so-called secure police department. I have some law enforcement background and this arrangement is very troubling. In these times of terrorists and criminals set out to do damage to a community, to know only a sheetrock wall prevents someone from confidential information, evidence, narcotics, weapons and explosives, and the security of the officers and staff is troubling. What’s up with this?”
Red Phone: Dear What’s Up, Red Phone contacted MHPD Sgt. Jerry Neumayer, who said there’s no reason to worry about the company, Techon, which leases the northwest corner of the building.
“Their office is shared by us in the same building; however they do not have any access to the interior or exterior of our facility,” Neumayer said.
Good caller, hope that answers your question.
Why the rubber squares on corners?
“Red Phone, do you know why those rubber squares have been placed at every corner? Are those so that people won’t slip when it’s wet?”
Red Phone: Dear Why the Rubber Squares, Red Phone answered this question more than a year ago when they were being installed. Mori Struve, deputy director of the city’s Public Works Department, said the “rubber squares” installed in early 2009 as a part of the installation of sidewalk/curb access ramps, have a pattern of raised truncated domes cast into them to warn a pedestrian (particularly sight impaired) that they are transistioning from a pedestrian sidewalk into a roadway carrying vehicular traffic.
“Including this pattern in access ramps in the public right of way is a federal and state requirement,” Struve said. “Twenty eight new ramps have been constructed around the city using a transportation development act grant.”
There you have it, good caller. Intersections are now safer for the blind and sight impaired.
