Sheriff pledges to staff courtrooms after memos show judges threaten to hire private security

Judges in the 22nd Judicial Circuit have been on the brink of hiring their own private bailiffs for months, but some progress was made during a meeting Thursday.

Hiring private bailiffs would, “alleviate our ongoing concerns regarding safety not only for the public coming into the courts, but also for those that work in the courts and courtrooms daily,” wrote Presiding Judge Elizabeth Hogan in a letter to St. Louis Sheriff Vernon Betts in December.
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