Kerrville City Hall bars weapons, increases law enforcement at open meetings

Visitors must now walk through a metal detector to enter the building.

Bexar County Deputy Saundra Martinez goes through a detector as Deputy Francisco Gonzalez prepares to wand her at the entrance to the secure area of the Bexar County Jail on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Kerrville City Hall is adding metal detectors after “heated” open meetings.An emailed threat against Kerrville City Council members led to heightened security and a ban on firearms at council meetings, according to news reports.

Recent city council meetings could be described as heated, according to a Kerrville city spokesperson.

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