Thread: Firearms in Court for Campus POs

Originally Posted by USMCMP5811

What about Maria Lopez?

The court shows are like tellers at a bank...they have one of each a white guy, a spanish woman, a gay guy and a black guy.

Originally Posted by 7costanza

The court shows are like tellers at a bank...they have one of each a white guy, a spanish woman, a gay guy and a black guy.

Or a Real World cast.

Lynn Item today...

Debate in State House over cops with guns in court

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Debate in State House over cops with guns in court


By David Liscio/The Daily Item

BOSTON — Not every police organization is allowed to carry guns into the state’s courtrooms and those that can’t are fighting for the same privileges as their peers.

The issue has prompted debate at the State House where a bill has been filed in behalf of the state’s harbor masters, campus police, environmental police, constables, animal rescue officers, municipal and housing police, and police officers on personal business, all of whom must check their firearms before entering the courtroom.

Trial court officials stand opposed to the prospect of more guns in the courthouse. State trial court officers do not carry firearms.

Boats

Glad to see it made the local paper. I've also never seen or heard of any of the guys at my station being trained to respond to a court emergency.

Originally Posted by Boats

Lynn Item today...

Debate in State House over cops with guns in court

Home > News
Debate in State House over cops with guns in court


By David Liscio/The Daily Item

BOSTON — Not every police organization is allowed to carry guns into the state’s courtrooms and those that can’t are fighting for the same privileges as their peers.

The issue has prompted debate at the State House where a bill has been filed in behalf of the state’s harbor masters, campus police, environmental police, [COLOR=\\"Red\\"]constables[/COLOR], animal rescue officers, municipal and housing police, and[COLOR=\\"Red\\"] police officers on personal business[/COLOR], all of whom must check their firearms before entering the courtroom.

Trial court officials stand opposed to the prospect of more guns in the courthouse. State trial court officers do not carry firearms.

Boats

I'm all for it but where do you draw the line........Honestly should a Police Officer at court for a divorce really be carrying his weapon? Constables? Wtf..... HUmphrey's walkin' right through with his piece....errrr

Originally Posted by Foxy

I'm all for it but where do you draw the line........Honestly should a Police Officer at court for a divorce really be carrying his weapon? Constables? Wtf..... HUmphrey's walkin' right through with his piece....errrr

If you are all for it then there are no buts...

Q: What is the difference between Humphrey thinking he needs to carry a gun and a court officer thinking he is taking mine?

A: Their both delusional.

Foxy for you to have any comments other than outright support for this, is like Deval trying to fill a detail for yard work at the Milton residence. Go back and review your verbal judo books in case something serious happens in your lobby and I'm not there with my gun.

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JMody wrote on Feb 8, 2010 2:44 PM:

" The trial court security policy seeks to maintain a safe environment for everyone in the courthouses by minimizing the number of guns allowed inside court facilities,

Tell that to the guys who were killed in Vegas. You think your ok here in Mass?? "



Boats wrote on Feb 8, 2010 12:15 PM:

" This bill was filed by the Mass Environmental Police Officers Association with the support and testimony of the State Police Association of Massachusetts, the Mass Chiefs Association, the Mass Police Association and the Mass Campus Chiefs Association. This bill was not filed on behalf of Constables. The current court policy is not a law but an abitrary policy. "

Thanks for the support JMODY, I will look for you next time I hit Willis fish pier or the Blossom St ramp.

Anything that betters the safety of LEO's has my support. No need to thank me.
Willis Fish Pier or Blossom St. ramp? Don't follow you.....

I was in a large urban courthouse recently. I was unshaven, in plainclothes, far away from my jurisdiction, and off duty. I showed my badge to the court officer, said I was on personal business to file papers in the clerk's office, and asked if he wanted to secure my firearm. He told me I was all set.

While I was in the courthouse I saw a uniformed animal control officer -- carrying his firearm.

Originally Posted by NEPS

I was in a large urban courthouse recently. I was unshaven, in plainclothes, far away from my jurisdiction, and off duty. I showed my badge to the court officer, said I was on personal business to file papers in the clerk's office, and asked if he wanted to secure my firearm. He told me I was all set.

While I was in the courthouse I saw a uniformed animal control officer -- carrying his firearm.

Some courts are good to go. It seems it is select courts who make a stink about it.