18Dec05

Comments on church security, from a retired state trooper trying to put together a security plan for his church in KY:

"Acceptance by members of our congregation has been cautious. Howe ver, several have loudly voiced the opinion that church should be 'the la st place on earth where there should be security concerns.' I agree, but we re cently identified two, registered sex offenders who are routinely attending our services...."

Comment: I suspect there are few American church congregations who don =99t unwittingly harbor sex offenders, some registered, some not. Sexual deviat es looks upon church goers as naive, gullible prey. It is no surprise to find

them mixed in.

"Church security," like it or not, is acutely necessary, for many reasons. The foregoing is just one.

/John