Valley Center Municipal Court has found a home. At least for now. While court was held in the Public Safety Building on East Fifth for years, it was shut down for a while during COVID. Officials tried to have it at City Hall, but that didn’t work. Now it’s in the community building in Lions Park. Officials said it works much better in the larger space, but some in the community don’t like it. The problem is, the public library shares the same building. The arrangement brings prisoners and library patrons together in one space, though library and court hours have been adjusted to alleviate much of the conflict. Some complain that the public’s open access to the community center could set the stage for a nefarious plot. But police and court officials said court is safe, and the city has no plans to move it anytime soon.
Source: Ark Valley News
