The goal of the Office of Judicial Security is to make every state court facility in Pennsylvania a safe place not only for jurists and their staffs, but for litigants, their families, jurors, witnesses, victims of crime and the public.

The office has reimbursed counties for courthouse security devices such as magnetometers and x-ray screening machines, provided improved security to magisterial district courts, developed and distributed to judges and court administrators the Pennsylvania Judicial Safety Handbook, and conducted regional workshops for local court security committees throughout the Commonwealth. In addition, magisterial district courts are being provided with video conferencing equipment to allow for preliminary arraignments while defendants are held in secure facilities.