Livermore Lab has new key-handling procedure

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California recently instituted new procedures for handling of keys by protective force officers.

The news procedure was instituted in part after a Livermore lab protective force officer last week discovered that some keys were missing from the key keeper on his belt. A search for the keys began and were recovered within the property of the lab two days later.

Under the new procedures, officers will physically check for their assigned set of keys and acknowledge possession as part of their regular periodic radio call-ins to the protective force communications center; special key "lanyards" designed to physically "clip" the keys to a secure necklace have been distributed to all officers for immediate implementation. These lanyards will augment the current "key keepers" that officers wear on their belts; and all officers will now follow standard procedures for wearing the lanyards and key set. The keys must be adhered above the waist and visible from the front.

For more information, see the Livermore news release.

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