COURTROOM DECORUM AND SECURITY

The court shall be opened formally and conducted with dignity and decorum at all times. The judge shall wear a judicial robe at all times when presiding in open court. Each officer of the court shall be responsible for promotion of respect for the court. No one shall carry firearms or weapons of any description in the courtroom, except: (1) the bailiffs; (2) any necessary guards of a prisoner; (3) other law enforcement or security authorized by the court to do so; or (4) the judge if he/she has met the requirements set forth in section 97-37-7 of the Mississippi Code or as provided by applicable law. In the interest of security, all persons entering the courtroom may be searched. Any or all individuals may be excluded or removed from the courtroom for engaging in disorderly, disruptive, or contemptuous conduct, or when their conduct or presence constitutes a threat or menace to the court, parties, attorneys, witnesses, jurors, officials, members of the public, or a fair trial.