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'o- · Page 2 The bailiff supervisor ~ill position hi'self at the end of the clerk's table where he will open and close court, call witnesses or defendants as directed by the Judge and pass court documents from t~e District Attorney to the clerk's table. %*he bailiff supervisor will maintain order in the courtroom and protect court personnel from any acts of violence. He ~ill further carry out orders of the court in compliance %rith this directive. Ha will not be utilized as an errand boy to bring coffee to the court personnel, leave the courtroom to locate attorneys, nor ~ill he be required to take custody of any evidence that is turned into the court. The bailiff supervisor's responsibilities are important in nature and limited in scope t~ those areas delineated in .this directive. As cases are called requiring the presence of defendants incarcerated, the bailiff supervisor will geed the bailiff assistant to bring the defendant into the courtroom in as timely a manner as possible without risk of escape. At no time will more than two (2) Jailed defendants be brought into the courtroom at a time from the jail. As they are brought in, they will he taken to the jurybox and seated until their case is called. While any incarcerated defendants are in the courtroom, the bailiff supervisor and the bailiff assistant ~ill both be in the courtroom at all times. The bailiff assistant will position himself at the opening of the jurybox to maintain custody of the defendants. . . When defendants not incarcerated are tried and incarcerated, or ordered to pay a fine or costs~ they are to be placed in the Jurybox until such time as the bailiff assistant has time to take them to the clerk's office or to the Jail as the case may dictate. It will be permissible to leave defendants who were not already incarcerated waiting to pay a fine in the jurybox while the bailiff assistant takes a jailed defendant to the Jail. According to Chief District Judge R. L. Warren, a defendant is in custody, whether stated or.not until he bas satisfied the court %rlth payment of any imposed fine. Defendants placed on supervised probation will not be in custody. They will pay their fines, etc. through schedules set by the probation officer.. The bailiff assistant should inquire of each defendant in custody whether he is prepared to immediately comply with payment, and if he is not, then this should be brought to the Judge's attention before the defendant is taken from the courtroom so that further orders can be issued to tbe clerk. The clerk in the courtroom will prepare a bill of costs and give it to the bailiff to be taken with the defendant ~o thc clerk's office. This must be received by the bailiff prior to taking the defendant to the clerk's office, Just as it is necessary to receive a commitment order prior to a defendant being taken to the jail.