TALLAHASSEE, Fla. July 8 2017 Florida’s Supreme Court police has obtained a milestone for any law enforcement agency. The Supreme Court Marshals Office just received accreditation from the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation. The commission’s report says it becomes the first court-only law enforcement agency in Florida and the country to get it. The officers […]
Portland OR July 8 2017 A 47-year-old man who was smoking marijuana on the steps of Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse and disregarded directions to leave is accused of punching two court security officers and is now in federal custody. Howard Miller Peter made his first appearance Wednesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Portland on allegations […]
LACONIA NH July 2 2017 — A 26-year-old Laconia man has been indicted on a charge of possessing carfentanil, a dangerous synthetic opioid used to sedate large animals like elephants. The drug is so powerful that concerns have been raised by first responders that they could be harmed by accidental exposure unless they wear gloves and […]
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. June 24 2017— Sullivan County is struggling to compensate court security officers, and as a result some haven’t worked in several weeks. Sullivan County Circuit Court Clerk Tommy Kerns said Thursday that revenues from court costs are improving to cover pay for court security officers. But seven part-time employees haven’t worked in […]
MANCHESTER TN June 20 2017 — In what a prosecutor called a cowardly act, an inmate shot and injured two Coffee County Sheriff’s Department deputies during a struggle at the courthouse Monday afternoon before fleeing and fatally shooting himself, authorities said. The shooting shut down the Coffee County Justice Center here in this town 65 […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. June 15 2017 – A court security officer handcuffed a reporter for Syracuse.com and The Post-Standard this morning after the reporter took pictures of an arrest in the hallway of the Onondaga County Courthouse. The New York state court officer ordered the reporter, Douglass Dowty, to turn over his cell phone then handcuffed […]
Benton County OR June 3 2017 The Benton County Sheriff’s Office has hired a private security firm to provide screening in the courthouse so the deputies currently doing the job can be transferred to the jail. Sheriff Scott Jackson said the contract with DePaul Industries for two full-time security officers will cost $130,000 a year. […]