Courtroom Security Concerns Run High

The Advocate reports that eleven 19th Judicial District judges met with members of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office to talk about the security in the downtown Governmental Building on Tuesday. A companion article notes that Sheriff's Deputies and other law enforcement officers are opposed to any requirements that would have them lock up their guns in the courthouse.

On a related note, the Shreveport Times reports that courthouse security is a concern in the Caddo Parish Courthouse, but Caddo Assistant District Attorney Hugo Holland thinks that the courthouse is "one of the best" prepared to handle unexpected events like the one in Atlanta last week.

Posted by AJR at March 16, 2005 07:59 AM