St. Charles judges wonder if police should be armed in court:
Two St. Charles County judges have questioned the safety and fairness of police officers’ bringing their weapons with them to court.
Court security officers and bailiffs are armed, but other officers — some in uniform, and some in plainclothes — routinely enter the courthouse in St. Charles to testify, file paperwork or participate in their own personal cases. If they show their credentials, they are allowed to enter the courthouse armed. At a judges meeting earlier this month, Circuit Judge Jon Cunningham asked whether the policy should be changed.
Twits on the bench alert.
