US. END QUOTE. FORSYTH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A MOTION THIS AFTERNOON TO APPROVE OF A CONTRACT TO FIX HUNDREDS OF LOCKS AT THE FORSYTH COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. IT’S AN ISSUE FIRST EXPOSED BY 12 INVESTIGATES CORNERSTONE DETENTION PRODUCTS, SAID THEY’D DO THE JOB FOR ALMOST $2 MILLION. THE MANAGER RECOMMENDED THEM AS THE MORE AFFORDABLE OPTION, BUT THE BOARD WASN’T TOO PLEASED THAT THERE WERE ONLY ABOUT SIX OTHER OPTIONS. THE TRUTH IS, WE REALLY DO LIKE TO SEE BIDS COME, MORE BIDS COME IN AND YOU WANT TO SEE THEM REAL CLOSE AND AND SO WHEN YOU’VE GOT A COUPLE IN THEIR OUTLIERS, THAT’S A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN. BUT IT WAS WITHIN THE ESTIMATE THAT WE HAD GOTTEN ON THE ENGINEER ESTIMATE. SO I FEEL LIKE THE PROJECT’S DOABLE WITH THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND JAIL STAFF RECENTLY SHOWED US HOW EASY IT IS TO POP THE LOCKS AT THE JAIL. AND SHERIF
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Forsyth County commissioners voted to accept a detention-center-related bid on Thursday. It's a bid that would address "old and faulty" jail cell locks at the Forsyth County Law Enforcement Detention Center that are reportedly "very easy" to disable.Top Stories North Carolina could be at elevated risk for blackouts this winter, according to the NERCSnow expected in North Carolina, Virginia mountains Tuesday night Tijuana man under $1 million bond for possession of fentanyl-laced methamphetamine, Reidsville officers sayGet the latest news stories of interest by clicking hereSheriff Bobby Kimbrough told 12 Investigates in October that a new locking system that was recently approved by county commissioners will help keep inmates inside their cells. It will also give detention officers a heads-up by allowing them to be more proactive in any attempted escapes."The new lock system, when you start tampering with them, the electronic features on them, will let you know, and the hardware is totally different to where it will crush something like that," Kimbrough said.Thursday, commissioners unanimously approved a resolution to award a contract to Cornerstone Detention Products, Inc. in the amount of $1,904,908.11 to replace the locks at the FCLEDC.The resolution says the detention center was built in 1992, and the "reliability of the current minimum security locks at the detention center is no longer adequate for use." The resolution adds that "existing door frames at the detention center do not support the desired maximum security locks." The new "exterior mounted locks that are more difficult to compromise" would be installed on 704 cells at the jail, the resolution states.Two bids came in to the county to handle the project. Cornerstone Detention Products, Inc. offered a bid of $1,904,908.11 to complete the work. The second bid came from The Cook & Boardman Group, LLC. in the amount of $3,183,725.00 to complete the work.The resolution states the county manager recommended the county enter into a contract with Cornerstone Detention Products, Inc. Keep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Watch NOWCAST TV | Local News | National | News We Love |TRENDING STORIES
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Forsyth County commissioners voted to accept a detention-center-related bid on Thursday. It's a bid that would address "old and faulty" jail cell locks at the Forsyth County Law Enforcement Detention Center that are reportedly "very easy" to disable.
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Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough told 12 Investigates in October that a new locking system that was recently approved by county commissioners will help keep inmates inside their cells. It will also give detention officers a heads-up by allowing them to be more proactive in any attempted escapes.
"The new lock system, when you start tampering with them, the electronic features on them, will let you know, and the hardware is totally different to where it will crush something like that," Kimbrough said.
Thursday, commissioners unanimously approved a resolution to award a contract to Cornerstone Detention Products, Inc. in the amount of $1,904,908.11 to replace the locks at the FCLEDC.
The resolution says the detention center was built in 1992, and the "reliability of the current minimum security locks at the detention center is no longer adequate for use."
The resolution adds that "existing door frames at the detention center do not support the desired maximum security locks." The new "exterior mounted locks that are more difficult to compromise" would be installed on 704 cells at the jail, the resolution states.
Two bids came in to the county to handle the project. Cornerstone Detention Products, Inc. offered a bid of $1,904,908.11 to complete the work. The second bid came from The Cook & Boardman Group, LLC. in the amount of $3,183,725.00 to complete the work.
The resolution states the county manager recommended the county enter into a contract with Cornerstone Detention Products, Inc.
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