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County approves emergency fencing around judges’ parking; debate over razor wire and grant share
Summary
Alamosa County commissioners approved a nearly $70,000 fence project for the Justice Center, with county staff asking $58,341 from an emergency court grant and a roughly $11,000 local contribution. Judges and staff described rising threats to court staff and judges and supported adding razor wire; some commissioners raised concerns about optics.
The Alamosa County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 12 approved an emergency fencing project around the judges’ parking at the Justice Center, citing increased security incidents and a pending emergency grant application to cover most of the cost.
County staff described an application to the unfunded court emergency grant program requesting $58,341 toward a total project cost of about $69,341; that leaves a local share of roughly $11,000. Staff said the design changes from earlier estimates reduced the project cost and that the work was planned to protect judge and sheriff parking and the jail’s sally port.
Judge Hopkins and county staff told…
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