I was in the St. Pete courthouse. You had to go through a metal detector and a wanding to get in. While waiting for my lawyer to show, I was standing on the second floor looking out the window when I saw someone walk up to an unmarked emergency exit door outside and let themselves in. The door was propped open with a brick. I went down to the front entrance and told the guard. He rolled his eyes and said, “Yeah. That was set up by the head judge. He and his staff will not come in through the front door.” I said, “But anyone could come in. That area just leads to the parking lot. He said, “I know. Nothing we can do about it.”
So, the security in the courthouse was completely compromised by just one man with the power to do so. They might as well have had no guards and no magnetic equipment.
This would be a good time to make an anonymous tip to your local crime reporter for the tv station.
That happened with me at the county courthouse. I was stopped by security for a physical bag check and X-ray scan, and I also had to take my belt off to go through the metal detector. Someone behind me walked right through the detector with a briefcase, setting off the alarm with no action by any guard.
When I asked why, the guard said, “It’s okay. He works here.” I told him that made no difference, and that the building is compromised when one person is allowed to go through without being checked like everyone else.
When I came back out, they were checking everyone, and there were some ticked off people who were used to breezing through.
It serves them right, and I did my civic duty.