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Elk River Football Came <br /> We had a person trip over one of our cable crossovers during the Elk River football game on <br /> Friday September 14th. The person was examined by the Elk River ambulance crew that attends <br /> the game and released. I have attached a copy of the police incident report and a photo of the <br /> cable crossover that she tripped over in the exact location it was placed. <br /> We found out about the accident about 1 hour after the game was over and the stands were <br /> cleared. The Elk River High School Athletic Director came over and told us about it. He was not <br /> angry and told us we did nothing wrong. He asked us if we could run the cables a different way <br /> next time and at the next game we did that. <br /> The cable crossover is an OSHA approved piece and is used professionally by many broadcast <br /> crews. We use it in locations where there is no other alternative to run cables but across a walk <br /> way. This is very frustrating to us because we always cover the cables first before doing anything <br /> else. It's a point we stress to our volunteers and city staff. We also frequently use caution tape <br /> and colored fluorescent tape to mark cable runs and rope off equipment areas. Also as you can <br /> see in the photos we use cones and have our volunteers wear safety vests when they are in the <br /> public right of way. <br /> We have not heard anything further from either the police or the school since receiving the police <br /> incident report. Mert notified the league insurance and we have been contacted by them. The <br /> football game was co-produced with the City of Elk River. Their producer Jake Pace set up the <br /> equipment along with several volunteers. <br /> I could not participate with setup due to service calls in other cities but I showed up right before <br /> game time to direct and did not go near the field until after the game during teardown. Mark had <br /> a movie in the park setup that night in Big Lake and wasn't there until he towed the trailer back <br /> to our storage area after the movie was over. Even though neither Mark nor I were there for <br /> setup,the Elk River staff member,Jake Pace, who supervised the setup is a very experienced <br /> producer and has been doing this for a long time. <br /> Signage <br /> In addition to having our logo and city information placed on our production trailer we have <br /> printed banners that we are using during sporting events and parades. This has really helped the <br /> public understand who we are. We hang them on our screen during Movies in the Park and on <br /> tents and buildings during parades and sporting events. If you look closely at the photo of the <br /> movie screen on the next page you can see one example of how we hang the new signage. <br /> We have a sign that lists all the cities in the commission and other ones that have the SWTV logo <br /> and our contact information. We would eventually like to add an electronic sign on our <br /> production trailer (like the one you see in the photo on the next page on top of the <br /> "Ghostbusters" vehicle on the next page) to advertise when the program we are taping will play <br /> 2 <br />