Supplement searches at a courtroom entrance, will generally be ordered by a judge. These searches will usually be ordered on high profile or volatile cases. In conducting such authorized searches, court security personnel shall conduct searches with discretion and out of the general view of the public and other court participants, specifically jurors, when practical. In exercising their discretion, court security personnel may take into account such factors as the intrusiveness of the search, potential disruption of court proceedings, officer safety and the security needs of the court.
The Branch Supervisor shall be notified of the Court ordered search and will work with the security personnel to set up the least obtrusive search possible.