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1 results foundAuthor: Fautsko, Timothy F. Title: Status of Court Security in State Courts -- A National Perspective Summary: According to incident data gathered by the Center for Judicial and Executive Security (CJES), the number of security threats and violent incidents in court buildings has increased dramatically in recent years. While security threats and violent incidents are on the rise, available funding from state and local governments for security staffing and equipment to protect courts is becoming increasingly limited. The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) received a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to produce a comprehensive report on the status of court building security in this country. The report is organized to assist state and local, as well as tribal, native, and territorial courts to improve court security by assessing the current state of affairs regarding court building and courtroom security, identifying critical needs to improve security, and matching available resources to identified gaps and needs. In the development of this report, significant information that NCSC compiled with respect to court building and courtroom security assessments was reviewed and analyzed. The review included an analysis of NCSC's security assessment reports of over 225 court buildings, which contain a wealth of information regarding what courts do and do not have in place in the way of policies, procedures, staffing, equipment, and training. Further, the review included a comprehensive analysis of the information and data gathered by CJES, which examined court building shootings, bombings, arson attacks, and other court-targeted acts of violence. In addition to the review and analysis component of the study, a comprehensive web survey of a number of state, local, tribal, native, and territorial courts was conducted. A telephone survey was also conducted of all state court security directors. The responses to both of the surveys were used to identify: (1) what various courts have in place in the way of security; (2) the most critical needs that courts have in relation to security; and (3) the sources of funding courts have utilized to address critical needs. Details: Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts, 2013. 181p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 21, 2014 at: http://ncsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/facilities/id/184 Year: 2013 Country: United States URL: http://ncsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/facilities/id/184 Shelf Number: 132096 Keywords: Building SecurityCourt FacilitiesCourt SecurityState Courts |