FREE !! Court Security Webinar

by Lt. Jimmie Barrett

Lt. Barrett conducted a FREE one hour Court Security webinar on January 14th, 2010. It is now archived and can now be watched at your leisure. Go to and click on "Securing America's Justice Courts" to see the webinar for free. Listen to the follow-up of Securing America's Justice Courts in his Podcast Q & A with Lt. Barrett on Court Security.

For Training in Court Security or Judicial Threat Management with Jimmie Barrett

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Protecting Court: Principles of Court Security Management

16 hours DCJS career development in-service credit

This concentrated two-day course examines the fundamentals of courthouse and courtroom security by introducing participants to contemporary best practices. The course specifically addresses topics of concern for court security professionals that include vulnerability assessments, courthouse/courtroom security, managing high risk/high profile trials, addressing courtroom disruptions, and critical incident response for emergency events in the courthouse environment. Through the examination of actual acts of court violence and classroom group exercises, participants will evaluate the key security decisions made prior to and during critical incidents and the outcomes of those decisions. The course includes strategies on managing courthouse access, judicial relations, jury crime scene views, in-custody defendants, protesters and media relations during high risk/high profile trials. This course is designed and restricted for law enforcement personnel whose primary responsibility is maintaining the security and safety of a courthouse and courtroom.

Judicial Threat Management
8 hours DCJS career development in-service credit

Several deadly shootings and other acts of violence at courthouses and against the judiciary across the United States have highlighted the need to ensure that adequate levels of security are in place to mitigate threats of violence. These acts of violence, though appearing random, are often preceded by a clear pattern of incremental steps carried out by the assailant prior to the act of violence. This course introduces attendees to basic tenets of Judicial Threat Management, inappropriate contacts and communications, the path to intended violence, affective and predatory violence, inhibitors to violence, and the importance of managing judicial threats.