April 16, 2009 - Jack Hornak, director of facility operations at The Nathaniel Witherell Says Security There Is "really good"

Officials review Witherell security following southern shootings
Greenwich Post

Officials at The Nathaniel Witherell are taking steps to make the Parsonage Road nursing home a safer place, following a shooting rampage at a similar facility in North Carolina last month.....

He also referenced a recent Greenwich Police Department report assessing security, which said, “The Nathaniel Witherell complex is above most [security] ...

....Jack Hornak, director of facility operations at Witherell, told board members the Monday after the incident that there are closed-circuit television cameras around the perimeter of the Greenwich building and 23 card access doorways.

“If you’re meant to be here, you can get in,” Mr. Hornak said.

He also referenced a recent Greenwich Police Department report assessing security, which said, “The Nathaniel Witherell complex is above most [security] standards.”

Acknowledging that there could be tweaks here and there, Mr. Hornak said, overall, “our system is really good.” ....