Starke County is expanding the list of employees allowed to have firearms in county buildings.
The county commissioners updated the county handbook Monday to add firearms-qualified Community Corrections officers to the list. County Attorney Marty Lucas said the judge and sheriff had no objections to the idea.
“Previously, it was law enforcement personnel and authorized judicial officers and neither objected,” Lucas explained, “and frankly, the Community Corrections was probably not included there simply because we didn’t think of it.”
He noted that Community Corrections officers have the same training as the others.
