Mall of America Practices Emergency Lockdown Drill

November 28th, 2009 admin

The Mall of America security team will be doing monthly lockdown drills to ensure they are ready if and when trouble strikes. They had their first drill earlier this week, shortly after the mall opened. This exercise and approach to preparedness is one that I’m hoping other shopping mall managers across the country will take notice This story comes to


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