OREGON&STATE&FAIR&PUBLIC&SAFETY&FACT&SHEET&
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● The!Oregon!State!Fair’s!ultimate!goal!is!the!safety,!comfort!and!peace-of-
mind!of!fairgoers,!volunteers,!exhibitors!and!employees.!
● The!fair’s!first!line!of!defense!when!it!comes!to!public!safety!is!the!well-
known!concept!of!SEE!SOMETHING,!SAY!SOMETHING.!Security!personnel!
depend!on!the!observations!of!the!public!to!help!maintain!the!peace.!
● The!Fair!employs!a!former!Marion!County!Undersheriff—a!graduate!of!the!
FBI!National!Academy’s!174
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!Session—as!its!head!of!security,!who!oversees!
and!coordinates!all!aspects!of!public!safety.!
● The!Fair!contracts!with!a!professional!crowd!management/security!company!
with!a!large,!uniformed!staff!to!help!maintain!a!safe!environment!during!
fairtime—using!radios!to!remain!in!constant!contact!with!the!dispatch!
center.!
● The!Oregon!State!Police!operate!a!dispatch!center!on!the!fairgrounds!during!
the!fair.!
● Oregon!State!Troopers!are!stationed!at!every!entrance!to!the!fair,!keeping!a!
watchful!eye!on!everything!and!everyone!entering!or!leaving!the!fairgrounds.!
● Oregon!State!Troopers!patrol!in!pairs,!constantly!moving!throughout!all!areas!
of!the!fairgrounds.!
● The!fair!conducts!bag!checks!at!every!entrance.!
● Consistent!with!Oregon!law,!citizens!with!a!valid!permit!are!allowed!to!carry!
concealed!weapons!onsite.!If!gate!security!cannot!verify!that!the!permit!is!
valid,!those!citizens!will!not!be!allowed!onsite!with!their!concealed!weapons.!
● The!fair!uses!a!CODE!ADAM!protocol!to!respond!to!lost!children!on!the!
fairgrounds—a!missing!child!safety!program!widely!used!in!the!U.S.!and!
Canada!for!more!than!two!decades.!
● Adults!bringing!children!to!the!fair!are!advised!to!snap!a!photo!of!the!child!or!
children!as!they!prepare!to!enter,!importantly!showing!the!clothes!and!shoes!
being!worn!that!day.!
