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Jefferson County to Install Metal-Detector Screening at Courthouse Entrance
Summary
Commissioners approved a plan to add a metal-detector screening checkpoint at the front entrance of the Jefferson County Courthouse, lock other courthouse doors and coordinate employee access cards with the sheriff’s office; officials said judges requested the change and a public information campaign is planned.
Jefferson County commissioners said the county will install a security checkpoint with a metal detector at the courthouse front entrance and lock other courthouse doors, a measure judges have encouraged to improve court security.
An unnamed commissioner told the board: "we will have a security checkpoint with a metal detector going into the front doors of the courthouse," and said the county expects to put the…
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