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Limestone County judge warns open courthouse doors left staff, jurors at risk; court seeks security policy
Summary
The county'''s local administrative judge told the commissioners court that doors at the Limestone County Courthouse were found propped open during an after-hours public event, prompting calls for a courthouse security policy and for the security committee to meet and recommend procedures.
The local administrative judge told the Limestone County Commissioner's Court on an agenda item that an open-to-the-public event left multiple courthouse doors propped open after hours, risking the safety of jurors, staff and officials.
The judge said the doors "were propped open with a trash can. Scared the daylights out of me," and described leaving a multi-day jury trial to find entrances unsecured. The judge asked the court to adopt a formal policy for after-hours use of the courthouse and said a courthouse security committee should develop recommendations for who must be notified and how the…
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