13th Judicial Circuit of MissouriMarshals

The 13th Judicial Circuit Marshal’s Office has seen many changes over the years. Once known as Court Security in the early part of 1990, there were a total of 7 officers that were a division of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department that worked in the court. Two additional officers were employed by the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department and worked in the courthouse in Fulton. On February 2, 1998, Presiding Judge Frank Conley signed an order designating court security officers as deputy court marshals under the control of the 13th Judicial Circuit.

As of 2010 there are 13 full-time officers and 5 additional officers from the part-time pool that work for the Circuit. Two officers are still based in the Callaway County courthouse. There are one court marshal, one sergeant and 11 deputy court marshals. This includes an additional position that was funded by the Law Enforcement Sales Tax in August 2007, in return for the Court Marshal’s Office fingerprinting defendants, a function which previously performed by the Boone County Sheriff’s Department.

The 2008 expansion of the Boone County Courthouse provided the marshals with a security pod located at the entrance of the courthouse, which houses monitoring equipment for the entire courthouse. The pod contains a fire panel to assist in locating the alarmed area as well as silencing the alarm system. One final addition to the pod is a control board to assist incoming units into the secured sally port area. These units are transporting in-custody individuals to the courthouse for court proceedings.

The court marshals have been trained to use the video equipment for video conferencing. With this training, officers will be available to assist in the use of the video conferencing system as it relates to court functions and reduce the number of in-custody individuals being transported to the courthouse.

The Court Marshal’s Office has a number of responsibilities in providing services to the 13th Judicial Circuit. Deputy court marshals screen individuals entering the courthouse to ensure weapons are not brought into the courthouse. They also provide security in the courtrooms, monitor the security cameras located throughout the courthouse, arrest defendants and process the paperwork to commit them to the county jail or Missouri Department of Corrections, and provide security for juries during jury trials.

Michael Franks - Court Marshal - 13th Judicial Circuit Court
(573) 886-4075
michael.franks@courts.mo.gov

Callaway County Justice Center Marshals
(573) 642-0781 or (573) 642-0785
Jason.Terrell@courts.mo.gov