court security
Legal building safety
Court security refers to the personnel, procedures, and systems that protect courthouses and the people inside them.
Court security officers screen visitors, monitor courtrooms during proceedings, and escort defendants.
The term also covers broader measures like metal detectors, restricted access areas, and protocols for handling threats against judges or witnesses: Court security was tightened after the judge received death threats.
- metal detectorsDevices locating concealed objects
- pat downManual body search
- barricadesStructures preventing passage
- screening protocolsSystematic methods for preliminary assessment
- bailiffsCourt order enforcers
evacuation plans · alarm systems · marshals · armed escort · motion sensors · bulletproof glass · holding cells · police officers · panic buttons · surveillance cameras · witness protection · no-fly list · K-9 units · emergency responders · emergency drills · undercover agents · threat assessment
- court administrationclerks, docket, dockets, docketing, case files
- court personneljudge, bailiff, law clerk, stenographer, filing clerk
- court stafflaw clerk, bailiff, filing clerk, tipstaff
- Court Operationsfiling
- policeofficer, cop, officers, patrol, cops
- courtsmagistrates, tribunals
court securitysecurity breach
Unauthorized penetration of protected systems
witness intimidation · hostage situation · escape attempt · jury tampering · contempt of court
court securitypolice patrol
Routine law enforcement surveillance
street patrol · beat cop · highway patrol · private security · airport security
court, security, courts, courted, courting, courtly, courtier, courtiers, courtesy