Spokane Tribe of Washington Hires Key Security Firm to Help Casinos
Story-Date: 08:18 a.m. PST Sunday   , November 9, 1997

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Spokane Tribe of Washington Hires Key Security Firm to Help Casinos


By Kevin F. Peniska, Indian Country Today, Rapid City, S.D.
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News

SPOKANE, Wash.--Nov. 10--A business that originated in the '80's to work
for car dealerships to keep car keys safe, is now working for some
northwest tribes.

Key-Trak, and their Northwest Key Control Systems, have been working with
two casinos of the Spokane Tribe of Washington for the past year.

Two Rivers Casino and Spokane Indian Bingo are the latest beneficiaries of
modern key safeguarding technology.

Key-Trak is a national corporation with offices located in many major
cities of the United States, Canada, and overseas. World-wide services
provided by Key-Trak gives customers "total key control," according to Tim
Groh, who is a northwest represenative of the company.

"One of the biggest problems for casinos is employees forget and take keys
home," Mr. Groh said. "I was brought in by the casinos to train people
about the Key-Trak system."

After completing a five hour training session which takes employees through
the ins and outs of operating Key-Trak and puts the system on-line, casino
management find, "Complete key control is the outcome of this system,"
added Mr. Groh.

"This system can do key audits, tell you how many times a key was used, who
used it, and even has a built in time-clock."

With so many Indian casinos opening their doors, security and key safety
are becoming more and more of a top priority for managers. Mr. Groh
believes he will be able to help other tribes develop more modern and
efficient key control systems. "Wer'e looking to serve the Indian
community," Mr. Groh said. "We basically want to let the casino's know that
we are here and we are available."

Besides providing key control to theses two casinos, they also offer their
services to many recognizable businesses including: Casinos of Nevada,
Federal Express, UPS, and most recently the Post Office, as well as many
other businesses and organizations.

For more information call call: 1-800-364-0101.

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