Appointed by Governor: Brian K. Albert; Samuel L. Cogen; Wanika B. Fisher, Esq.; Marcus Harris; Marcus G. Jones; Dawn P. Luedke, Esq.; Robert O. McCullough; George L. (Lenny) Pfeffer, Jr.; Carl Schinner; Elizabeth Theobalds.
Appointed by Senate President: Paul D. Corderman
Appointed by House Speaker: William M. Valentine
Appointed by Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Maryland: Stephen Barlow; Yolanda L. Curtin; Maurice C. Frazier; Geoffrey G. Hengerer; John P. Morrissey; Shaèm C.P. Spencer; Brett R. Wilson; Lisa E. Yates.
Ex officio: E. Gregory Wells, Chief Judge, Appellate Court of Maryland; Audrey J.S. Carrion, Chair, Conference of Circuit Judges; John P. Morrissey, Chief Judge, District Court of Maryland; Athena Malloy Groves, Chair, Conference of Orphans' Court Judges; Kelsey H. Goering, designee of Secretary of Budget & Management; Maj. Rebecca H. Labs, designee of Secretary of General Services; Carolyn J. Scruggs, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services; Maj. Andy R. Johnson, designee of Secretary of State Police; Natasha M. Dartigue, Public Defender; Timothy D. Haven, Director of District Commissioners, District Court of Maryland; Sean B. Wolcoff, Chief, Security Administration, Administrative Office of the Courts; Raphael J. Santini, Esq., President, Maryland State Bar Association; Sloane R. Franklin, Esq., designee of President, Maryland State's Attorneys' Association.
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Maryland Judicial Center, 187 Harry S Truman Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 260-1540; fax: (410) 974-2169; tty: 1-800-735-2258
web: www.courts.state.md.us/safetytaskforce/agenda
Maryland Judicial Center, 187 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis, Maryland, February 2020. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
In December 2023, the Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of Maryland originally formed the Task Force to Ensure the Safety of Judicial Facilities. In June 2024, the General Assembly authorized it by statute (Chapters 414 & 415, Acts of 2024).
The Task Force charge was to identify minimum requirements for courthouse safety. These were to encompass: number of security officers that should be present in each type of judicial proceeding in a circuit court or in the District Court; qualifications for security officers; standards for secure entry and exit of judicial officers from court facilities, including for secure parking and, if such parking is not connected to the courthouse, secure transit between parking and the courthouse. The minimum requirements also were to cover standards for safe public areas of courthouses, including protection of judicial officers who are required to enter public areas of the courthouse in performance of their public duties. A legislative proposal to ensure that these minimum requirements can be met was devised by the Task Force. Further, the Task Force identified any physical security deficiencies that currently exist in courthouses, and developed a plan to address them.
Authorization for the Task Force ends June 30, 2026.
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