Courthouse attacks resonate in Alexandria

Published January 1, 2010 5:00am ET



Lt. John Kapetanis started with the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office in 1980 and currently runs security for the city’s courthouses as the judicial operations commander. The importance of secure courthouses has become increasingly clear in recent weeks with a deputy being shot in a Fauquier County courthouse and a gunman opening fire in the lobby of a federal courthouse in Las Vegas.

What lessons can be learned from the these two incidents?

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