A3 SATURDAY/SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14-15, 2019 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $2 WEEKEND EDITION Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM >> SUNDAY + PLUS Tigers LCPD K9 Making the crush Memnoch panhandling Fort problem White hanging up 1D even worse his badge Sean of the South Opinion/4A SPORTS/1B SEE 2A PANHANDLING STEPPING INTO THE FUTURE 5 Points Elementary Helf: Hit pause on ‘Active billboard, ad plans shooter’ Proposal could have unintended alert a consequences. By CARL MCKINNEY
[email protected] Plans are in motion for mistake $15,000 multi-media ad campaign intended to deter By CARL MCKINNEY residents and visitors from
[email protected] giving money to Columbia Five Points Elementary went into lock- County’s panhandlers, but down over an active shooter scare Friday Lake City afternoon, but it was ruled a false alarm Hall’s top caused by the uninten- appointed ‘This was a tional use of a smart- official wants phone panic button app. the idea put small child, he just saw Around 1 p.m., one on hold. of the students got hold The cam- the red but- of a teaching assistant’s paign, a ton,’ Swisher Helfenberger unlocked phone and partnership said. ‘It was accidentally activated between the not malicious.’ the Rave app, which county, city and local cham- alerts 911 and sends ber of commerce, would use notifications to other billboards, commercials and on-site users warning of potential emergen- social media posts asking cies, said Columbia County School District the public not to hand cash spokesperson Dianna Swisher. to beggars. It comes on “This was a small child, he just saw the the heels of a newly passed red button,” Swisher said.