X-Message-Number: 17871
From: "john grigg" <>
Subject: disturbing possibilities...
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 00:08:56 

Hugh Hixon wrote:
There is always someone at Alcor.  This is one of the reasons.  At their 
last meetings, the Alcor board and the Patient Care Trust board agreed to 
purchase an electronic security system.  Combined with the human presence, 
this makes us a difficult and unattractive target for the parasites and 
predators, who generally do not regard face-to-face confrontation as 
cost-effective.  The building is sprinklered.  At least one of the staff has 
a cell phone, making a second communications path.
(end)

First of all, I am impressed by the honesty of ALCOR in sharing the story 
about the broken window.  What the repairman said about burglary gangs 
testing the waters with BB guns was very disturbing to say the least.

I am relieved to know ALCOR is going to install an alarm system, and already 
has an around the clock human presense.  I realize security can only be 
improved in currently affordable ways.

Still, I wish more could be done.  I could envision a scenario where perhaps 
less then competant burglars break-in, and having overpowered the one human 
defender, decide to seriously vandalize the facility out of sheer spite and 
frustration at there not being more valuable things to steal.  How do you 
think a group of burglars might act when they realize(not having done their 
homework) that ALCOR is home to frozen bodies where the goal is to 
eventually bring them back?  Let's hope they are "professional" burglars and 
not "smash and run" vandals.  The odds of dewars being violated are small 
even with a burglary, but not to be utterly discounted.

ALCOR would have a difficult time living down the horror of its clients in 
biostasis having been hacked to bits or burned beyond repair.  And it is 
possible we could encounter a group of semi-competant criminals who 
burglarize ALCOR and then "on a lark" decide to make the papers by putting 
some effort into destroying the frozen bodies.  It could happen.

Again, I realize ALCOR is doing all the can with current resources.  I just 
hope besides having a cell phone always on them, the one night-time resident 
will also have a firearm they are trained and licensed for.  This way, even 
if surprised, he/she will have some chance of holding them off, at least 
till he/she can make a 911 call.
best wishes,

John

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