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From:Margaret Taylor <eachmomentcounts@outlook.com>
Sent:Tuesday, February 21, 2023 12:19 PM
To:jeffbocc
Cc:Chuck Henry; lkaide@jacdefender.org
Subject:Re: Proposed Ordinance re Courthouse Security
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One additional note:
You don’t want to revoke the exception to screening for a particular person due to potential unfairness of targeting a
person as a retaliatory or discriminatory process. In addition, you don’t want the security personnel in the position of
looking at someone’s card and then telling that one person that know they have to be screened. That could create a
heightened level of tension at the screening entryway.
But the exceptions to screening are permissive.
You could create a "code red" which would revoke the exceptions and notify the security that all incoming persons are
subject to screening.
Just wondering if this would be the remedy. No one is singled out. Then there would be a process to lift the code red
alert.
Margaret Taylor
On Feb 21, 2023, at 9:14 AM, Margaret Taylor <eachmomentcounts@outlook.com> wrote:
Dear Esteemed Board of Commissioners,
The Jefferson County Bar Association supports the continued exception to the Section 5 screening
requirements for "(g) Licensed attorneys who present a bar card proving admission to the State Bar of
Washington, along with a matching picture ID issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport,
etc.).”
This exception maintains the current practice which enables the attorneys who are vetted by the
Washington State Bar Association to conduct their courthouse business in an efficient manner.
Margaret Taylor, MA, JD
President
Jefferson County Bar Association
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