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We have several residents that have requested a lock box outside of the building to house a key during certain times each week - Friday night until Saturday night.
Has anyone experienced this request or have thoughts around it?
We have no doorman, cameras, or any other control device in place today. The requesting residents confirm they will manage the key etc, but still not sure.
Thanks
It got Al Gore in trouble in 2000, and would get your building in trouble now, I fear.... too many wildcard factors and too little oversight.
Are your residents in the habit of forgetting their keys when they drink??
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While it may sound like a good idea to those in the building that benefit from such, there is now way that I could justify installing a lock box and then have to live with the guilt afterwards should something terrible happen afterwards. Lets see you have no security camera, no doorman, and you want to leave keys for the front door in a so called "lock box". You might as well leave your doors unlocked instead of putting in a lock box as you are just begging someone to enter your premises.Also who is going to monitor such and be help accountable should something happen. Bad, Bad idea.
Ronnie Biggs
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