OK, I am not sure yelp is the place for reviews on the town court systems, however, this was a nice…read moreplace and perhaps one of you will find yourself in the area as well. Not by choice I bet.
Its a new building (largely paid for by parking/speeding tickets no doubt) on Union, with a fabulous parking situation. The Court and Police are in the same driveway, but the signs indicated the police may be in a different building, I'm not sure. we were there for the court.
You walk into the building and there is a (no joke) armed guard, and a scanner for your purse, briefcase whatever and you walk through a metal detector. Seriously? Little high tech for a small court house? Nevermind paranoid? Just sayin'.
* Here's where the three stars comes in *
But, while you are emptying pockets and putting purses into the scanner, someone else just walks right through, scanner goes off, and the guard does nothing. Now I get he may know the guy, but why on earth would he just let him walk through in front of a short line of people, set off the scanner and not blink? I assume it was an attorney (it was not a policeman in uniform), and I assume he was not carrying a gun, perhaps only his keys, but I don't really care how much you go in and out in a day, you should set an example to the rest by doing it the right way. You are after-all, an officer of the court. If this man was not some sort of officer of the court then I really don't know what to say. If you are going to bother with the time, expense and hassle of the system, then at least make it consistent and frankly, "SAFE FOR ALL".
But once inside, this would go back to 4 stars, the lines were very short, they were fast and the people behind the bullet proof glass were pleasant enough. No issues there, they also provide a receipt without prompting etc.
Leaving was much easier than going in, there is a different door to exit through.
Overall I admire the police and law enforcement in general, I understand gun laws and generally support these types of organizations, in thought and pocketbook. But this experience really left me uncomfortable, I would not want to sit jury in a courthouse where not everyone got the same level of scrutiny as I did.