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PRO TECT AND RESPOND

• Checking access badges to ensure that only
authorized personnel gain access to
restricted areas

• Screening employees, contractors and patrons
prior to entry into certain facilities

• Scanning incoming mail, packages and
deliveries for possible threats

• Checking entry areas and doors for
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
COURT SECURITY cause business interruption

• Monitoring parking lots and pedestrian areas
to curb potential vehicle break-ins and
Court Security Officers are responsible for all security aspects of a courthouse, personal attacks
including ensuring that the judges and judicial staff, court employees, and general • Performing security patrols
public visiting the courthouse are safe. In Magistrate court, officers may perform tasks
such as intake of new detainees, inmate management, removing disruptive people • Monitoring alarms and surveillance cameras
from the courtroom, and facilitating proper courtroom etiquette. They may also be covering common areas and strategic locations
charged with managing a jury, which could include providing security, coordinating • Enforcing the security rules which are
meals or transporting the jury to and from a hotel where they may be sequestered established in the building security plan
overnight during a trial in some cases.
• Providing rapid response in the case of
suspicious activities, threats, intrusions,
security system alerts, and active
assailant situations
2,467 FINGERPRINTS SCANNED IN 2023 other) by notifying appropriate emergency
• Responding to emergencies (medical and
responders such as, ambulance service, fire
departments or specialized law
Our officers scan fingerprints for the purposes of conducting
background checks for governmental agencies as well as for
gun carry permit applications. enforcement assets

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