Kelsey Dean, the newest security officer at the Adams County Courthouse, comes to the job with a background in the military. The 25-year-old Hastings woman, who began working at the courthouse about a month ago, did one tour of duty with the U.S. Army Reserves in 2011 and 2012 to Kuwait, and still serves in the Reserves.

Kelsey Dean, the newest security officer at the Adams County Courthouse, comes to the job with a background in the military.
The 25-year-old Hastings woman, who began working at the courthouse about a month ago, did one tour of duty with the U.S. Army Reserves in 2011 and 2012 to Kuwait, and still serves in the Reserves.

 

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By Tony Herrman, of the Hastings (Neb.) Tribune:

 

Kelsey Dean, the newest security officer at the Adams County Courthouse, comes to the job with a background in the military.

 

The 25-year-old Hastings woman, who began working at the courthouse about a month ago, did one tour of duty with the U.S. Army Reserves in 2011 and 2012 to Kuwait, and still serves in the Reserves.

 

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“I think it’s beneficial to the safety and the other customers here,” she said of her job at the courthouse.

 

The security officers are employees of Omaha-based G4S Security, which has a contract with Adams County.

 

Scott Thomsen, member of the Adams County Board of Supervisors and chairman of the county’s Security Committee, said Dean came highly recommended by the security company.

 

“They were very good about honoring a request of mine to let me be in on the interviews that they have of prospective employees for our building,” he said.

 

He said Dean carried herself well.

 

“She was very respectful when I was talking to her,” Thomsen said. “That’s kind of what we wanted to see with the public when they enter the courthouse and I think that’s held true.”

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