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PRO TECT AND RESPOND

• Checking access badges to ensure that only
authorized personnel gain access to
restricted areas
BUILDING • Screening employees, contractors and patrons

prior to entry into certain facilities

• Scanning incoming mail, packages and
SECURITY • Checking entry areas and doors for
deliveries for possible threats

security concerns
• Locking and unlocking doors and entryways
per the building security plan
• Protecting the day to day operation of
the various county and court related offices
by preventing security related factors that can
The Marshal’s Office Building Security Division provides security and public safety cause business interruption
services in city owned and operated buildings across Augusta-Richmond County. The COURT SECURITY
officers of the Building Security Division are trained to adapt to the unique challenges • Monitoring parking lots and pedestrian areas
associated with keeping a large number of employees and visitors safe in consolidated Court Security Officers are responsible for all security aspects of a courthouse, to curb potential vehicle break-ins and
personal attacks
campuses and multi-story facilities. Our officers are focused on protecting people and including ensuring that the judges and judicial staff, court employees, and general
property, maintaining order and preventing and responding to threats. public visiting the courthouse are safe. In Magistrate court, officers may perform tasks • Performing security patrols

such as intake of new detainees, inmate management, removing disruptive people
Some officers are assigned to stationary positions from which they may monitor • Monitoring alarms and surveillance cameras
alarms, surveillance cameras, or screening equipment, while others may be assigned from the courtroom, and facilitating proper courtroom etiquette. They may also be covering common areas and strategic locations
patrol areas where they conduct a variety of security checks. The Marshal’s Office charged with managing a jury, which could include providing security, coordinating • Enforcing the security rules which are
works closely with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, and shares duties with them meals or transporting the jury to and from a hotel where they may be sequestered established in the building security plan
at the Augusta Judicial Center. They also work closely with the Richmond County overnight during a trial in some cases.
Fire Department and ambulance services to ensure the most effective response plans • Providing rapid response in the case of
suspicious activities, threats, intrusions,
available. security system alerts, and active
assailant situations

• Responding to emergencies (medical and
,
6 101 Our officers scan fingerprints for the purposes of conducting responders such as, ambulance service, fire
FINGERPRINTS SCANNED IN 2020
other) by notifying appropriate emergency
departments or specialized law
background checks for governmental agencies as well as
enforcement assets
for gun carry permit applications.

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