The Supreme Court of South Carolina
Re: County Court Security Committees
O R D E R
Pursuant to the provisions of Article V, Section 4 of the South Carolina Constitution, this Order supersedes the prior Order of the Chief Justice addressing County Court Security Committees dated March 28, 2012.
IT IS ORDERED THAT each county shall continue to maintain a standing Court Security Committee to address courthouse security concerns. Each county committee will be co-chaired by a Judge (appointed by the Chief Justice), Sheriff and the County Clerk of Court. The committee members shall include at a minimum the Chief Magistrate, a Chief of Police, Solicitor, Public Defender, Emergency Preparedness Manager, the County Probate Court Judge, and the County's appointed Master-in-Equity.
Previous orders provided that each Court Security Committee was responsible for performing a security audit of each building where court is held. A comprehensive checklist was provided to each committee to perform the assessment. Each committee was also responsible for reviewing the local security plan for every facility where court is held and notifying the State Court Administrator of the status of the local security plan and review.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each Court Security Committee shall review the established local court security plan to update the plan and identify security needs. Each committee shall complete this process and submit an updated security plan to the State Court Administrator no later than August 1, 2019.
The following judges shall co-chair the respective county security committee:
The First Judicial Circuit: |
|
Calhoun |
The Hon. Randall McGee |
Dorchester Orangeburg |
The Hon. Diane S. Goodstein The Hon. Anne Gue Jones |
The Second Judicial Circuit: |
|
Aiken |
The Hon. Vicki J. Snelgrove |
Bamberg Barnwell |
The Hon. Courtney Clyburn Pope The Hon. Angela W. Abstance |
The Third Judicial Circuit: |
|
Clarendon |
The Hon. Thomas M. Bultman |
Lee |
The Hon. George M. McFaddin, Jr. |
Sumter |
The Hon. Angela R. Taylor |
Williamsburg |
The Hon. Clifton Newman |
The Fourth Judicial Circuit: |
|
Chesterfield |
The Hon. Paul M. Burch |
Darlington |
The Hon. Cely Anne Brigman |
Dillon |
The Hon. Salley Huggins McIntyre |
Marlboro |
The Hon. Michael S. Holt |
The Fifth Judicial Circuit: |
|
Kershaw |
The Hon. Monet S. Pincus |
Richland |
The Hon. Jocelyn Newman |
The Sixth Judicial Circuit: |
|
Chester |
The Hon. Brian M. Gibbons |
Fairfield |
The Hon. Debra Mathews |
Lancaster |
The Hon. Coreen B. Khoury |
The Seventh Judicial Circuit: |
|
Cherokee |
The Hon. Usha J. Bridges |
Spartanburg |
The Hon. Grace Gilchrist Knie |
The Eighth Judicial Circuit: |
|
Abbeville |
The Hon. Joseph C. Smithdeal |
Greenwood |
The Hon. Frank R. Addy, Jr. |
Laurens |
The Hon. Matthew P. Turner |
Newberry |
The Hon. Eugene C. Griffith Jr. |
The Ninth Judicial Circuit: |
|
Berkeley Charleston |
The Hon. Daniel E. Martin, Jr. The Hon. Deadra L. Jefferson |
The Tenth Judicial Circuit: |
|
Anderson |
The Hon. R. Lawton McIntosh |
Oconee |
The Hon. Karen F. Ballenger |
The Eleventh Judicial Circuit: |
|
Edgefield |
The Hon. Walton J. McLeod IV |
Lexington |
The Hon. Huntley S. Crouch |
McCormick |
The Hon. William G. Seigler |
Saluda |
The Hon. Robert E. Newton |
The Twelfth Judicial Circuit: |
|
Florence |
The Hon. Michael G. Nettles |
Marion |
The Hon. Jerry D. Vinson |
The Thirteenth Judicial Circuit: |
|
Greenville |
The Hon. Letitia H. Verdin |
Pickens |
The Hon. Karen S. Roper |
The Fourteenth Judicial Circuit: |
|
Allendale |
The Hon. Gerald C. Smoak, Jr. |
Beaufort |
The Hon. Carmen T. Mullen |
Colleton |
The Hon. Carmen T. Mullen |
Hampton |
The Hon. Gerald C. Smoak, Jr. |
Jasper |
The Hon. Deborah A. Malphrus |
The Fifteenth Judicial Circuit: |
|
Georgetown |
The Hon. Benjamin H. Culbertson |
Horry |
The Hon. Jan B. Bromell Holmes |
The Sixteenth Judicial Circuit: |
|
Union |
The Hon. Thomas H. White, IV |
York |
The Hon. William A. McKinnon |
The State Court Administrator shall provide additional guidance to facilitate the process.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Donald W. Beatty Donald W. Beatty Chief Justice of South Carolina |
Columbia, South Carolina
May 28, 2019