10.1	No person shall be permitted in the working area of the judges, clerks, warrant officers or probation officers unless so authorized by the Court, the Court Administrator, the Court Clerk, Chief Probation Officer or one of their duly designated deputies or staff members, except those city employees whose duties require their presence therein.
10.2	Any attorney desiring to confer with an incarcerated defendant being held in the Court's holding facility shall first obtain permission from the Court.
10.3	Law enforcement officers shall be subject to the rules enumerated in Rule No. 10.1 and shall further be subject to the following rules: Law enforcement officers who are witnesses in Court shall be quietly seated in such places as may be permitted or designated by the Court. Inquiries by law enforcement officers respecting those cases pending on the current day's dockets in which they are scheduled witnesses shall be made to the Prosecutor, Court Clerk's Office or Police Liaison Officer prior to the commencement of the docket call therein, or following the final disposition of such docket, or at such time the Court is not in session. Such inquiries by law enforcement officers are not to be directed to the courtroom docket clerks while court is in session.
10.4	No weapons are permitted in court except as carried or possessed by law enforcement officers, or as needed for evidence in court, without the permission of the court.
10.5	All persons not identifiable as employees in the Municipal Court, the Court Clerk's Office, the Probation Office and the Warrant Office, and who are not uniformed and identifiable Wichita Police Officers, or otherwise wearing or displaying a City of Wichita photo identification card designating such person as a court official or attorney, and who may wish to enter the third floor of City Hall or to conduct business with the Municipal Court, are subject to a metal detector search before such entry is permitted.
10.6	At the discretion of the court security staff, the Court Bailiff, or the Court, and upon a reasonable suspicion that any person on the third floor of City Hall (or in any other place in which the municipal court and its staff may conduct the business of the court) may be carrying or concealing drugs, a weapon, explosives, or other dangerous material, such person may be subjected to a more intrusive search or searches as may permitted by federal and state constitutional and statutory law as may be appropriate for the safety of court personnel and visitors.
10.7	All persons on the third floor of City Hall are to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with, and appropriate to, the operation of a court of law. All persons in or near any courtroom or any of the business or office areas of the court clerk, probation staff, warrant staff, city public defender staff or city prosecutors are to conduct their conversations and other activities in such a manner as not to disrupt the business and operations of the municipal court, the judges, the municipal court staff, and court personnel. Any such misconduct may be punishable by contempt of court and other criminal sanctions.
10.8	Persons bringing children to the third floor are to keep such children within adult supervision and reasonably quiet so as not to disrupt the business and operations of the municipal court, the judges, the municipal court staff, and court personnel. Any such misconduct may be punishable by contempt of court and other criminal sanctions.
10.9	While court is in session the bailiff of the court shall protect the judge and court staff from non-court personnel who may attempt to approach the bench, clerk station, witness stand, or attorney tables except as otherwise directed pr permitted by the judge, the clerk, or by the attorneys involved in such person's case before the court.
10.10	All personal or portable telephones, audible pagers and other electronic devices brought into a court room must be turned off while court is in session. Any audible electronic equipment creating noise in the court room which is not authorized by the Court is subject to confiscation, and the person who possessed such item may be subject to contempt of court or other appropriate sanctions by the Court.
10.11	All persons attending court in session are expected to be dressed appropriately for the dignity and decorum of a court proceeding. All persons attending court should wear, at a minimum, a shirt (or blouse, sweater, etc.), pants or skirt, and shoes. Shorts, tank tops and swimwear are not deemed to be appropriate attire for court proceedings. Hats should be removed in the court room.
10.12	Food and drink should not be brought into the courtroom except upon the express permission of the Court.

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