Coming from Washington, D.C. I was surprised that there was not always a security check at the Portland courthouse. Budget cuts will mean even few times those checks occur.
Three of 18 marshal positions are open at the courthouse in Portland, Maine’s busiest. The X-ray machine and metal detectors at the main entrance — regularly staffed by marshals as recently as last summer — are usually unmanned except for Fridays, when judges hear cases involving allegations of domestic abuse and harassment.
…”In 2007, more than 7,000 knives and lethal objects were stopped at the doors,” she said. “More terrifying, however, were the number of guns that were prevented from coming into courthouses by entry screening. Sixty-four times, guns or ammunition were stopped at doors.”
via Kennebec Journal.
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