Security upgrades slated for Oconee Courthouse

A grant has been obtained to allow the Oconee Courthouse to replace its approximate 15-year old security system. Sheriff Mike Crenshaw, whose office staffs the courthouse with security officers, says bids are now being sought to deliver by this summer, he hopes, a new system of cameras, x-ray machines, and metal detectors. As much as $119  thousand, including a small supplement from the county, will be spent. If you’ve flown lately, you are aware of the advanced security technology now in use at the airports. Crenshaw acknowledges that, since the Oconee Courthouse opened in 2003, there have been further strides in the equipment available to ensure that no one sneaks a weapon or another potentially dangerous device into the county building that houses the civil, criminal, and family courts.