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The Times Argus featured a front-page story about the Scott Administration launching a review of the State’s response to last Friday’s shooter report at the Tax Department in Montpelier. In the story, Secretary of the Administration Suzanne Young is quoted, saying:
“With any situation like this that occurred on Friday, there already is an after-action review being conducted. There are going to be meetings held, both external and internal, with the law enforcement who responded, with state employees who were impacted, with our emergency coordinators in all of the buildings."
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VSEA Judiciary members have been bringing concerns to management and lawmakers for years about safety and security in Vermont’s courthouses, and a story in today’s Times Argus only serves to bolster their case.
VSEA heard from members in Barre that, for a time, there was no security in the courthouse yesterday, and the reason why was in today’s story:
"That shortage also forced [Washington County Sheriff Samuel Hill] to completely give up security screening at the Washington County courthouse. There are usually two deputies at the entrance to the courthouse: one working the scanner and the other with the handheld metal detector."
Note: Not acceptable!
VSEA Press Release (Oct. 2015) on courthouse security concerns.
VSEA Judiciary members have been bringing concerns to management and lawmakers for years about safety and security in Vermont’s courthouses, and a story in today’s Times Argus only serves to bolster their case.
VSEA heard from members in Barre that, for a time, there was no security in the courthouse yesterday, and the reason why was in today’s story:
"That shortage also forced [Washington County Sheriff Samuel Hill] to completely give up security screening at the Washington County courthouse. There are usually two deputies at the entrance to the courthouse: one working the scanner and the other with the handheld metal detector."
Note: Not acceptable!
VSEA Press Release (Oct. 2015) on courthouse security concerns.
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