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New Release: The Steps to Best Practices for Court Building Security

The National Center for State Courts has just announced the publication of the revised 2022 edition of Steps to Best Practices for Court Building Security. The Steps to Best Practices document is intended to provide guidance to courts throughout the country in enhancing the security and safety of their court facilities. The document forth guidelines for what constitutes best practices in various areas of court building security. It also sets forth steps in phases that can be taken toward achieving these best practices. These steps may be helpful for courts as they strive to prioritize and implement improvements in court building security.  

The current publication is the 4th edition of the Steps to Best Practices. The previous editions were published in 2010, 2013, and 2016. 

For more information please visit: Steps to Best Practices for Court Building Security – Courthouse Facilities – National Center for State Courts (oclc.org)