Cja/394 Week 3 Dq1

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An example of a current issue facing the courts and court administrators is the security of the courts it is a very demanding and expensive issue today. Security for court systems is a very important thing to have to prevent people from breaking in court records could be very valuable to people who would want a thing like that. Along with preventing criminals from escaping while, they are in the courtroom or even just in the building. In addition, to help prevent and deal with the displays of emotion that can turn to violence due to the stress of what goes on in the courtroom. In addition, if something is not done to fix the problem it could be an issue of the future. This issue affects the overall operations of the court system with in the criminal justice system. The security force that is hired by the courts system is usually a group of individuals that work directly for the court. This can get expensive having to pay people and pay for health insurance and so on. Some people think that the court system should have people who work directly for the government and are just stationed at each courthouse as part of their job. This would allow people to work at multiple courthouses. This would cut down on costs. To properly solve this issue to improve the courts system and improve the overall court administration each individual courthouse needs to find what works for them to save them money. For example, what may work for a big cit courthouse may not work for a small town courthouse? Therefore, a small courthouse may only need one security officer and a big city courthouse may need several security officers to ensure the safety of all people and things with in the courthouse. A big city courthouse may need a security officer there at all times and a small town courthouse may just need a good security system when no one is there and a security officer when needed. There
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