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2019-05-28-01

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