Courtroom security varies considerably not only from county to county …<\/p>\n
But from courthouse to courthouse within the same county.<\/p>\n
Some courthouses have absolutely no security …<\/p>\n
Anyone can walk right in,<\/p>\n
While others take security way too seriously …<\/p>\n
“Oh thank you, I was wondering were I left that tampon.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
And it makes no sense who has strong security or weak security.<\/p>\n
The most stringent courthouse procedures are in Podunk County,<\/p>\n
While a larger county courthouse I visit from time to time …<\/p>\n
Has just token security precautions:<\/p>\n
Please leave any weapons outside. If you feel like it that is, we don’t mean to antagonize you.<\/i><\/p>\n
Anyways …<\/p>\n
In this one counthouse I was hanging out in recently,<\/p>\n
It has slow security …<\/p>\n
Everyone entering the building has to walk through this one metal detecter …<\/p>\n
And it just doesn’t move along fast at all.<\/p>\n
Which in the old days really wasn’t that much of a pain …<\/p>\n
Because if they recognized you as an attorney,<\/p>\n
Or if you had a super secret decoder bar card …<\/p>\n
Then you could just walk right past everyone and through security.<\/p>\n
Sweet attorney perk.<\/p>\n
But now they don’t recognize me …<\/p>\n
And I haven’t gotten my new super secret decoder bar card yet,<\/p>\n
Or the ….<\/p>\n
Ugly ass bad desk jet picture id card from my home court which is accepted there as a reliable alternate.<\/p>\n
So I had to stand in line waiting for entry.<\/p>\n
Which was no biggee,<\/p>\n
Since it did give me incentive to get the paperwork done for my new cards.<\/p>\n
Finally when it was my turn …<\/p>\n
I set my court folder, case and pwus on the conveyer thingee,<\/p>\n
And walked through the metal detector.<\/p>\n
BEEP !!<\/b><\/p>\n
Huh, that’s odd.<\/p>\n
Maybe it was my bracelet I was wearing from Aunt Janet that set it off,<\/p>\n
Or I guess my earrings, but that’s never happened before.<\/p>\n
And let’s be real,<\/p>\n
I certainly couldn’t think of anything else close to metal on my bod except for that …<\/p>\n
As I tend not to wear loose fitting clothes with useful pockets …<\/p>\n