Courthouse Security
The Courthouse Security topic covers the latest in tactics and technology used to keep courtrooms safe during legal proceedings. Some stories involve bailiffs, marshals, and deputies, but others may focus on trial media coverage. Whether the seats in the courthouse are occupied by gang members or a victim’s family members, the courtroom is a tinderbox ready to be set alight when the judge or jury reaches a verdict.
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American cops are “force multipliers in counterterrorism,” says Fred Burton, one of the world’s foremost authorities on terrorists and terrorist organizations
The suspect overpowered Deputy Harrison Tolliver with a plastic comb several times in the neck, then stole his uniform
Police found Judge Roger Barto lying at the court room’s entrance and took him to the hospital
The defendant grew angry, shoved an officer and tried running from the court room
Unfortunately for Robert Lewis Bridges, the men and women wearing the uniform of the Hillsborough County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office refused to allow complacency to creep into the picture
Workers could be seen carrying cribs and children from the day care center in the court house
They’re seeking to better protect prosecutors and their staffs following the killing of county district attorney whose assistant was gunned down just months ago
A neurosurgeon in Philadelphia who examined Thomas Matusiewicz in 1990 diagnosed a tumor
Monday’s killings were the culmination of a bitter, years-long custody battle involving the slain woman and the gunman’s son
The suspect shot his daughter and her stepfather at the courthouse, where they were going to take a paternity test
Suspect died after killing his ex-daughter-in-law and her friend, then exchanging gunfire with police
Dale Cregan had denied killing Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes, but on Tuesday admitted the murders
Delaware State Police Sgt. said the suspected gunmen and two women are dead
Investigators are searching for clues as to why the assistant district attorney was targeted by a masked gunman who fatally shot him Thursday morning
Authorities said they were searching for 2 suspects, denounced the shooting as an attack on the criminal justice system
The suspect appeared in court to face charges when he pulled out a gun and shot a lawyer and a physician who filed a case against him
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Toxicology tests show that a convicted arsonist who collapsed in court had poison in his system
Deputies investigating whether Michael Marin put something in his mouth that led to his death after verdict was read
A bomb squad sent a robot into the building to handle the package
Workers trapped inside the building helped to disarm man and let SWAT officers inside
The man suspected in Wednesday’s incident has been captured
Man left sheriff’s deputy with a gunshot wound and a judge stabbed
The attacker apparently ran from the county courthouse with an officer’s .45-caliber handgun
Attorney in trial says gesture not hostile, but ‘was a little bit reckless’
District attorney says jurist was making ‘poor rhetorical point’
Eyewitnesses say a gunman was spotted on the steps of Middletown City Hall
Hennepin County District Judge Lloyd Zimmerman went public with his concern less than a month after a prosecutor and another man were shot at a northern Minnesota courthouse with minimal security
Daniel Schlienz was being held in the jail on $2 million in bail for the courthouse shooting of two people in Grand Marais
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