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Humboldt supervisors direct plan for courthouse security after court funding cut
Summary
Facing a court decision to cut entrance-screening funding, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors asked staff, sheriff and the courts to develop a new courthouse security plan and report back by May, and directed county advocacy for state funding to cover the gap.
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 6 directed county staff, the sheriff and the trial court to develop a new courthouse security plan after courts signaled they would stop funding entrance screening at the 4th and 5th Street courthouse entrances.
Sheriff Hansel said the county currently provides twelve deputies for trial-court security and that a longstanding MOU had the courts paying the majority of entrance-screening costs. "I currently do not have the budget to continue court security at the current staffing levels," he said, explaining the county would otherwise have to absorb several hundred thousand…
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