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Security tightens before county meeting
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County Commissioner Wayne Copeland is scanned with a metal detector by deputy Jared Jacobs before he enters Warren County Administrative Offices for Monday nights meeting.
Visitors to Warren County Administrative Offices during Monday night’s full County Commission meeting were greeted with a hand-held metal detector administered by a sheriff’s deputy.According to County Executive Herschel Wells, consideration has been given to heightened security for some time. “This is under consideration right now,” said Wells, when asked by people who were being scanned as they entered the building. “We have several things under consideration.