WASHINGTON – The federal judiciary says it needs to boost security for judges at home and work following a deadly shooting at a judge's home last summer, protests that damaged more than 50 courthouses around the country last year and the Jan 6.
assault on the U.S. Capitol. All federal judges are being offered upgrades, including video monitoring, of "antiquated'' home security systems, U.S.
District Judge Claire Eagan of Oklahoma said Tuesday after a meeting of the Judicial Conference, the policy-making arm of the federal courts. “This matter became very real for judges last summer,” said Eagan, who heads the judiciary's executive committee.