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Re: County Court Security Committees
ORDER
This Order supersedes the Order of the Chief Justice dated August 31, 2005.
Pursuant to the provisions of S. C. CONST. Art. V, ยง 4,
IT IS ORDERED THAT each county shall establish a standing Court Security Committee to address courthouse security concerns. Each county committee will be co-chaired by a Judge (appointed by the Chief Justice), Sheriff and the County Clerk of Court. The committee members shall include at a minimum the Chief Magistrate, a Chief of Police, Solicitor, Public Defender and Emergency Preparedness Manager.
Each Court Security Committee shall be responsible for performing a security audit of each building where court is held. A comprehensive checklist has been provided to each committee to perform the assessment. The committee will also be responsible for developing a local security plan by October 30, 2006, for every facility where court is held utilizing the Standard Operating Procedures as a guideline. The following judges shall co-chair the respective county security committee:
| The First Judicial Circuit: | |
| Calhoun | The Hon. James C. Williams, Jr. |
| Dorchester | The Hon. Diane Schafer Goodstein |
| Orangeburg | The Hon. Anne Gue Jones |
| The Second Judicial Circuit: | |
| Aiken | The Hon. Doyet A. Early, III |
| Bamberg | The Hon. Doyet A. Early, III |
| Barnwell | The Hon. Dale Moore Gable |
| The Third Judicial Circuit: | |
| Clarendon | The Hon. R. Ferrell Cothran, Jr. |
| Lee | The Hon. George M. McFaddin, Jr. |
| Sumter | The Hon. William Jeffrey Young |
| Williamsburg | The Hon. Clifton Newman |
| The Fourth Judicial Circuit: | |
| Chesterfield | The Hon. Roger E. Henderson |
| Darlington | The Hon. J. Michael Baxley |
| Dillon | The Hon. James E. Lockemy |
| Marlboro | The Hon. Edward B. Cottingham |
| The Fifth Judicial Circuit: | |
| Kershaw | The Hon. J. Ernest Kinard, Jr. |
| Richland | The Hon. G. Thomas Cooper, Jr. |
| The Sixth Judicial Circuit: | |
| Chester | The Hon. Brian M. Gibbons |
| Fairfield | The Hon. Kenneth G. Goode |
| Lancaster | The Hon. Brooks P. Goldsmith |
| The Seventh Judicial Circuit: | |
| Cherokee | The Hon. Wesley L. Brown |
| Spartanburg | The Hon. J. Derham Cole |
| The Eighth Judicial Circuit: | |
| Abbeville | The Hon. Joseph W. McGowan, III |
| Greenwood | The Hon. Billy A. Tunstall, Jr. |
| Laurens | The Hon. James W. Johnson, Jr. |
| Newberry | The Hon. John M. Rucker |
| The Ninth Judicial Circuit: | |
| Berkeley | The Hon. R. Markely Dennis, Jr. |
| Charleston | The Hon. Deadra L. Jefferson |
| The Tenth Judicial Circuit: | |
| Anderson | The Hon. J. C. Nicholson, Jr. |
| Oconee | The Hon. Alexander S. Macaulay |
| The Eleventh Judicial Circuit: | |
| Edgefield | The Hon. William P. Keesley |
| Lexington | The Hon. R. Knox McMahon |
| McCormick | The Hon. William P. Keesley |
| Saluda | The Hon. C. David, Jr. Sawyer |
| The Twelfth Judicial Circuit: | |
| Florence | The Hon. Arthur E. Morehead, III |
| Marion | The Hon. Mary E. Buchan |
| The Thirteenth Judicial Circuit: | |
| Greenville | The Hon. Edward W. Miller |
| Pickens | The Hon. G. Edward Welmaker |
| The Fourteenth Judicial Circuit: | |
| Allendale | The Hon. Perry M. Buckner |
| Beaufort | The Hon. Jane D. Fender |
| Colleton | The Hon. Perry M. Buckner |
| Hampton | The Hon. Gerald C. Smoak, Jr. |
| Jasper | The Hon. Robert S. Armstrong |
| The Fifteenth Judicial Circuit: | |
| Georgetown | The Hon. Paula H. Thomas |
| Horry | The Hon. John Breeden, Jr. |
| The Sixteenth Judicial Circuit: | |
| Union | The Hon. Robert E. Guess |
| York | The Hon. John C. Hayes, III |
The State Court Administrator in coordination with the State Law Enforcement Division shall provide additional guidance to facilitate the process.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
| s/Jean Hoefer
Toal Jean Hoefer Toal, Chief Justice |
Columbia, S.C.
August 4, 2006