District courts are the public’s most common point of contact with the judicial system.
Bucks County is tightening security at the largely unguarded district courthouses.
Starting this month, the county and its court system began a pilot program putting armed security officers in district courthouses after years of rising anxieties.
The Bucks County Commissioners approved funding for the program, which will first deploy armed security officers to five of the county’s 18 magisterial district courts…