D.C.COLO.LCivR 83.2

(a) Procedures. All persons entering a building, courthouse, courtroom, or any

other location in which court business and proceedings are conducted shall be

subject to security procedures.

All briefcases, purses, parcels, bags, backpacks, and other items shall be passed

through an X-ray scanner or magnetometer (or their functional equivalent) and

shall be subject to search. This rule shall apply at such other places as a judicial

officer may direct.

At the direction of the security officer conducting security screenings of persons

attempting to enter a building, courthouse, courtroom, or any other location in

which court business and proceedings are conducted, eyeglasses shall be

passed through an X-ray scanner or magnetometer (or their functional

equivalent) and shall be subject to search. Any eyeglasses determined to be

“smart glasses” (i.e., eyeglasses, which, at a minimum, may be used as a

camera, video recorder, or audio recorder) regardless of manufacturer, make,

model, or type of imbedded technology, are prohibited items and shall not be

permitted inside and shall not be used in any building, courthouse, courtroom, or

any other location in which court business and proceedings are conducted.

Unless otherwise ordered and with the exception of federal law enforcement

officers conducting official duties, all persons entering a building, courthouse,

courtroom, or any other location in which court business and proceedings are

conducted are prohibited from entering with any form of weapon, explosive,

explosive device, destructive device, or any other dangerous material, including,

but not limited to, the following:

(1) Firearms or firearm replicas (e.g., pellet guns, BB guns, flare guns, spear

guns, stun guns, starter pistols, gun shaped lighters or torches, non-firing

replicas, dummy firearms, etc);

(2) Sharp, bladed, edged, or cutting instruments (e.g., axes, hatchets, drills,

drill bits, ice picks, box cutters, arrows, swords, knives (of any size), razor

blades, razors (except razors used for personal grooming by individuals

using the fitness center, etc.);

(3) Club-like items and striking devices (e.g., hammers, baseball bats, cricket

bats, pool cues, golf clubs, ski poles, billy clubs, blackjacks, nightsticks,

crow bars, batons, nunchucks, kubatons, martial arts weapons,

slingshots, tools (with the exception of duty requirements), etc.);

(4) Explosive materials or devices (e.g., bombs, grenades, mines,

ammunition, gun powder, plastic explosives, dynamite, nitroglycerin,

trinitrotoluene, blasting caps, fireworks, flares, realistic replicas of

explosives, etc.);

(5) Incendiaries or incendiary devices (e.g., IEDs (improvised explosive

devices), aerosol sprays, gasoline, diesel, propane, other flammable

fuels, turpentine, paint thinner, realistic replicas of incendiaries, etc.);

(6) Disabling chemicals and other dangerous items (e.g., chlorine, liquid

bleach, compressed gas cylinders (e.g., fire extinguishers), mace, pepper

spray, tear gas, poisonous gases, nuclear material, illicit drugs, alcohol,

etc., except that tenants of any federal courthouse or court facility in the

District of Colorado may carry chemical protection agents for personal

protection if done in compliance with all local laws. Tenants must maintain

personal protection chemical agents in a holster or carrying case and

notify the Court Security Officer or other screening official before entering

the screening station; however, visitors may not bring such items into the

building, courtroom, or any other place where court is being held).

(b) Sanctions for Violations. Violation of this rule shall be grounds for refusing

admission to the building, courthouse, courtroom, or any other location in which

court business and proceedings are conducted and for confiscating, securing, or

destroying any prohibited item and may subject the violator to detention, arrest,

and prosecution as provided by law, punishment for contempt of court, or any

other sanction deemed appropriate.

(c) Identification or Information. On request of a United States marshal, court

security officer, federal protective service officer, or court official, anyone within

or seeking entry to any court building shall produce identification and state the

nature of his or her business. Failure to provide identification or information shall

be grounds for removal or exclusion from the building.