This week marks the imple­men­ta­tion of City of Mar­i­on Park Secu­ri­ty. They will be patrolling all 13 of the City’s pub­lic parks, and lock­ing all facil­i­ties at 11pm when the parks close. 

“Our hope is to stop the major­i­ty of the van­dal­ism, and make our parks a safer place,” said Parks Direc­tor Rose Cade­na.

The Park Secu­ri­ty Offi­cers are not police offi­cers, and hold no pow­er that a police offi­cer does. How­ev­er, they will hold a very impor­tant role in the parks sys­tem pro­vid­ing ​‘eyes and ears’ after Parks staff is gone for the day.