Update on Courthouse Security and Acceptable ID
October 1, 2015
Due to the
efforts of the CCLA and the DCAO from their position on the Courthouse Security
Committee, as well as that of many partner organizations in the legal
community, we are pleased to announce that effective today, members of the Law
Society of Upper Canada who wish to bypass security screening at the Ottawa
Courthouse may do so using a valid LSUC identification card.
To bypass security, you must use the ramp to the far right at the entrance.
Please inform the guard at the top of the ramp that you are a LSUC member and
present your LSUC ID card. You will then be asked to pass through the
magnetometer, but you will not be searched.
A few notes on LSUC identification: - Only LSUC members in good
standing are permitted to bypass screening. Security will be provided
regularly with a list of members who are under suspension or have had
their licenses revoked.
- LSUC cards with no expiration
date on them will be accepted for the next four months. As of February 1, 2016,
LSUC cards with no expiration date on them will not be accepted for
bypass.If you wish to apply for a LSUC
card, or you need to replace an older card that is without an expiration
date, please follow this link. This process
can be done through the mail and the cost is $15.00.
- If you had applied for a CCLA membership on or after August 12th
for the express purpose of obtaining a security pass, and you wish to have your
membership cancelled, please contact Sonia Morin for refund assistance.
Additional Security Protocol Information
The Courthouse Security Committee has also passed along the following security
protocol information: - Building access passes are
issued to individual users and cannot be transferred to other persons.
- If an individual is found using
an access card that is not assigned to them, the building pass will
immediately be seized and the individual will have to proceed through
the security screening. The building pass will be revoked, and the
individual will have to use the public security screening in order to gain
access to the courthouse until the matter is resolved and the building
pass is reissued.
- Fire exit doors are to be
used only for the purposes of exiting the building in an emergency.
- Fire exit doors are not to be propped open or
used as regular egress from the building as this presents a security risk.
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