2026 County Safety and Security Survey Results
Summary
The county's annual employee safety survey shows most workers feel safer this year, but 30-40 employees still rate their workplaces unsafe — mostly due to poor lighting, unsafe parking, and loitering at the Human Services Building, Mental Health Building, Old Jail/Courthouse, and Public Safety Building. The county is responding with a lighting study and a new field-safety protocol.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 1
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 28, 2026.
Impact analysis
The county already funds a Public Safety team of about ten officers plus a security manager, and the lighting study and field-safety work will use existing staff.
County employees who work in or commute to downtown Ithaca buildings, especially those who flagged unsafe parking lots and poor lighting.
The roughly 30-40 employees who currently rate their work environments a 1 or 2 out of 5 remain at risk until improvements are made.
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