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Thursday, September 21, 2006

Ind. Courts - Another Courthouse looks at security upgrades

Darrell Smith of the Connersville Examiner reports:

Security improvements to the Fayette County Government Center could come next month through an Indiana Department of Homeland Security grant.

“We don’t have a very secure courthouse,” Fayette Superior Court Judge Ron Urdal told Fayette County Commissioners during Tuesday’s meeting.

A security plan was presented by Urdal, Circuit Court Judge Daniel Pflum and Mark Barclay of Barclay Group of Anderson, Ind.

Urdal said he and Pflum received notice of a $50,000 grant opportunity for courthouse security from IDHS in August.

All 92 Indiana counties are eligible for the grant.

No mention in Fayete County of "a couple of instances of when the judge has taken away a knife from somebody in the courtroom," as in Jasper County.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 21, 2006 02:28 PM
Posted to Courts in general