COURTHOUSE LOOK AT SECURITY CHANGES
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
COURT ADMINISTRATORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SAY THE ATLANTA SHOOTINGS SERVE AS A WAKE UP CALL FOR TIGHTER SECURITY.
IN PULASKI COUNTY- COUNTY LEADERS SAY THEY DO BELIEVE THE COURTHOUSE IS SECURE- WITH METAL DETECTORS SET UP AT BOTH ENTRANCES.
EVERYONE WHO ENTERS IS CLOSELY CHECKED AND MUST SIGN IN.
IN THE COURTROOM, BAILIFFS WORK TO SECURE THE PROCEEDINGS.
NOTHING`S FOOLPROOF.
THERE HAVE BEEN INCIDENTS HERE IN PULASKI COUNTY.
LAST JULY, DEPUTY PROSECUTOR BARBARA MARIANI WAS ATTACKED BY A CONVICTED MURDERER AFTER HE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON.
SHE, MORE THAN MOST, KNOWS THE NEED FOR TIGHTER SECURITY.
"AFTER BEING ATTACKED, UNFORTUNATELY I DON`T FEEL AS SAFE AS I DID BEFORE," SAID MARIANI.
PROSECUTOR LARRY JEGLEY SAYS HE WANTS TO LOOK AT INCREASED SECURITY AFTER BUSINESS HOURS.
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE SAYS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BAILIFFS NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED IN THE EVENT OF A PROBLEM IN THE COURTROOM.
