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Thursday, April 05, 2007
Indiana Courts - Security plans for Cass County Government Building
A story in the Logansport Pharos-Tribune reports:
Staffing for the new security equipment at the east entrance of the Cass County Government Building is being considered, Cass County Commissioner Dave Arnold said Wednesday.Arnold said no officers will be hired for the one full-time and two part-time positions until the county council approves the funding. Council members do not meet again until April 20. If the county receives state approval for the positions, officers could be in place by May 1, he said. At the latest, new officers will be operating the equipment by May 15.
At their Monday meeting, the commissioners adopted a new building security policy that will close off the west entrance as an outdoor access. It will continue to be used as an exit. The public will only be able to enter the building through the Fourth Street doors in the parking lot.
The security policy requires wheelchair-bound visitors to the building to be scanned with X-ray wands. Cellular phones and pagers will be permitted in the building but may not be used in the courtrooms or jury rooms without authorization from a judge. Knives, scissors and other objects that could be used as a weapon, as well as aerosol containers, also will not be allowed.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 5, 2007 03:54 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts