Ground Level: The Price of Safety

Tight budgets, changing populations, new technology and even new attitudes about public safety are making many communities in outstate Minnesota change their approach to safety, security and the law. This special Ground Level news report explores how new approaches to old problems are offering both hope and new dilemmas.

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Ground Level: The Price of Safety

Guard llamas protect Park Rapids farm

by Molly Bloom, Minnesota Public Radio

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — Concern for security has led one Minnesotan to use an unusual tactic to protect his farm. Ken Kalish deploys guard llamas, both to protect farm animals from predators and to keep tabs on strangers.

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