Wolf_shadow
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Are the Supervisors so afraid of their constituents they want to exclude all guns and weapons from the meeting?
http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-gl-search-court,0,2327040.story
GLOUCESTER — Citizens attending tonight's Board of Supervisors meeting at the Colonial Courthouse will be subject to a security search similar to entering the Gloucester County Courthouse.
Sheriff Steve Gentry instituted the search for tonight's meeting to "ensure the safety of all those in attendance," according to a county press release.
Visitors must pass through a metal detection device and have their belongings searched to enter the courthouse where court hearings are held and where the Commonwealth's Attorney, Circuit Court Clerk and other offices are located. But searching citizens prior to public meetings at the Colonial Courthouse hasn't been a practice in Gloucester.
All purses, briefcases and other items will be searched. A list of prohibited items ranges from weapons of any kind, including firearms, knives, mace, pepper spray and Tasers, and all food and drinks. All cell phones must be turned off or in the silent mode.
The security measures were implemented following heightened citizens' interest in the meeting after the supervisors Teresa Altemus, Michelle Ressler, Bobby Crewe and Gregory Woodard voted Nov. 4 to spend $343,000 in taxpayer money to pay their legal bills. The four supervisors ran up the legal bills in successfully defending themselves against misdemeanor charges and an effort by citizens to remove them from office through petitions.
Gloucester would be the only locality to implement this kind of security measure at a public meeting. The Gloucester Sheriff's Office posts two armed deputies at the meeting, but searches of citizens haven't been conducted in the past.
Attempts to reach Gentry for comment were unsuccessful.
Are the Supervisors so afraid of their constituents they want to exclude all guns and weapons from the meeting?
http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-gl-search-court,0,2327040.story
GLOUCESTER — Citizens attending tonight's Board of Supervisors meeting at the Colonial Courthouse will be subject to a security search similar to entering the Gloucester County Courthouse.
Sheriff Steve Gentry instituted the search for tonight's meeting to "ensure the safety of all those in attendance," according to a county press release.
Visitors must pass through a metal detection device and have their belongings searched to enter the courthouse where court hearings are held and where the Commonwealth's Attorney, Circuit Court Clerk and other offices are located. But searching citizens prior to public meetings at the Colonial Courthouse hasn't been a practice in Gloucester.
All purses, briefcases and other items will be searched. A list of prohibited items ranges from weapons of any kind, including firearms, knives, mace, pepper spray and Tasers, and all food and drinks. All cell phones must be turned off or in the silent mode.
The security measures were implemented following heightened citizens' interest in the meeting after the supervisors Teresa Altemus, Michelle Ressler, Bobby Crewe and Gregory Woodard voted Nov. 4 to spend $343,000 in taxpayer money to pay their legal bills. The four supervisors ran up the legal bills in successfully defending themselves against misdemeanor charges and an effort by citizens to remove them from office through petitions.
Gloucester would be the only locality to implement this kind of security measure at a public meeting. The Gloucester Sheriff's Office posts two armed deputies at the meeting, but searches of citizens haven't been conducted in the past.
Attempts to reach Gentry for comment were unsuccessful.