By Extra Extra | 02.28.2005
Laure Quinlivan in WCPO-Cincinnati investigated courthouse
security and found lax security in which employees enter through side doors
and avoid metal detectors. Thousands of others, including county
employees, lawyers and law enforcement officers, get in just by flashing
their identification to the deputy on duty. The station estimated up to
10,000 people can bypass the metal detector. In addition, one elevator that
was supposed to stop on the first floor so occupants could go through a
metal detector did not stop, allowing the elevator's users to go directly
into a courtroom without passing through security.