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You are here: Home / FEATURED POSTS / Municipal Court Opening under New Guidelines

Municipal Court Opening under New Guidelines

May 22, 2020 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

Officials announced on Friday that it will be opening up East Ridge Municipal Court under new guidelines in coming weeks.

According to a press release, June 2 will see the re-opening of both traffic court and criminal cases. Traffic court will begin at 3 p.m. and criminal court will follow at 5 p.m.

The following guidelines will be implemented:

  1. Before entrance to the courtroom each individual must answer all health-related questions and temperature reading. Everyone appearing in court will be encouraged to wear appropriate face coverings.
  2. Only 10 people will be allowed in the courtroom at one time. No family members or friends will be admitted, only people who are named on the docket will be allowed in the courtroom.
  3. Seating is in designated seats only that comply with social distancing.
  4. Each person entering the courtroom will be required to use hand sanitizer before entry.
  5. No person will be admitted to the courtroom unless there is a chair available.
  6. Witness/victims will be asked to wait in their cars and will be contacted via cell phone be the district attorney or court personnel as needed.
  7. After appearing before the judge and settling your case, you will immediately leave the courtroom. Adhere to social distancing at the court clerk’s window while conducting business.
  8. There will be no loitering or gathering in the atrium area after your case has been heard.

Filed Under: FEATURED POSTS, News, SLIDER

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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