Closures affect only family and civil courtrooms, not criminal
WILL LIKELY TAKE SEVERAL DAYS
TO COMPLETE AND RESULTS NEED TO
BE IN BY WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER
25th.
>>> CIVIL MATTERS ARE HEARD AND
THERE IS A PARTIAL SHUTDOWN.
>> Reporter: FIVE STAFF MEMBERS
HERE AT THE WAKE COUNTY
COURTHOUSE TESTED POSITIVE FOR
COVID OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS
AND THAT PROMPTED THE PARTIAL
SHUTDOWN.
>> DOES THAT MAKE YOU WARY
GOING INSIDE?
>> IT DEFINITELY WOULD.
>> WE FELT LIKE IT WAS
APPROPRIATE TO SCALE BACK
OPERATIONS OVER THERE AND TO
TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
DOING EVERYTHINGWAY CAN TO KEEP
CORE PERSONNEL AND THE PUBLIC
SAFE.
>> HERO IN THIS BUILDING, IT IS
THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THEY
INTERRACK WITH THE PUBLIC EVERY
DAY.
THEY ARE MOVING PAPERS AROUND,
INTERACTING WITH A LOT OF OTHER
COURT PERSONNEL SO THEY ARE THE
ONES THAT REALLY WE NEED TO
PROTECT THE MOST.
>> FIVE COURTROOMS INCLUDING
FOUR FAMILY COURTS HAVE BEEN
CLOSED, AS WELL AS ALL FRONT
DESK OPERATIONS.
THE WAKE COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER
ACROSS THE STREET WHICH HANDLES
CRIMINAL MATTERS IS OPERATING
ON A NORMAL SCHEDULE.
>> THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT
BUILDINGS AND TWO DIFFERENT
STAFFS.
WE HAVE HAD IN PLACE SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF THIS A SEPARATION
OF OPERATIONS PLAN.
SO THE CRIMINAL COURTS ARE
CONTINUING AS THEY WOULD ON ANY
NORMAL DAY.
>> Reporter: THOSE WHO TESTED
POSITIVE ARE ALREADY
QUARANTINING.
ANYONE WHO HAD CONTACT WITH
THEM WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY NEED
A NEGATIVE TEST BEFORE
RETURNING TO WORK.
>>> THE PARTIAL SHUTDOWN IS
SCHEDULED TO CONTINUE FOR THE