U.S. Courts Design Guide
Central Court Libraries
Entry. The public entrance to the library must be provided a keylock. A keylock or
electronic access control from the library to restricted circulation must also be
provided.
Duress Alarm Devices. The circulation desk, library staff offices, and study areas in
unstaffed libraries must be provided duress alarm devices.
Clerk's Office
Entry. Public entrances to Clerk's Offices must be provided a keylock. Public access
to restricted office areas is controlled with an electric lock operated at the public
counter workstation. Employee access from public circulation is controlled by keylock
or electronic access control. Access from the Clerk's Office to restricted circulation, if
provided, is controlled by keylock or electronic access control.
Vaults. Evidence and financial vaults in the Clerk's Office must have a keypad shunt,
vault door contacts, heat sensors, motion detector, and a duress alarm device monitored
in the USMS Command and Control Center.
Duress Alarm Devices. The clerk's private office, as well as the staff side of the
public counter, secure storage, vaults, and other selected office areas, must be equipped
with duress alarm devices. The alarms must be logically zoned and connected to the
USMS Command and Control Center.
Break-Resistant and Ballistic-Resistant Shielding. Clerk's Offices located in a
facility where weapons are screened at the entry must have break-resistant (UL
Standard 972) transaction windows. Clerk's Offices located in a facility where
weapons screening is not conducted at the entrance must have a public counter with a
ballistic-resistant (UL Standard 752, Level III) transaction window. Access doors and
hardware from the public area to the restricted office area should be ballistic-resistant
(UL Standard 752, Level III). In addition, surfaces within four feet of the counter must
have ballistic-resistant surfaces from floor to ceiling.
Judiciary-Related Offices
Entry. The public entrance to judiciary-related offices must be provided a keylock. If
public access to the office areas is restricted, access is controlled with an electric lock
operated at the public counter or reception workstation. Employee access from public
circulation is controlled by keylock or electronic access control. Access from the
judiciary-related offices to restricted circulation, if provided, is controlled by keylock or
electronic access control.
Vaults. Vaults must have a keypad shunt, vault door contact, heat sensor, motion
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