UPDATE: One pain in the rear in the comments sections is freaking out that if there is a fire in the building, people won't leave because they have read the blog and will say to themselves "Rumpole said a fire is part of code brown and that means shelter in place and even though we are right near an exit and the fire has engulfed the hallway, rather than take the obvious way to safety we will follow some stupid blog that was obviously a parody and stay here and die."
Please do not do that.
Let's be clear- if there is a fire, GET OUT. Don't hide in the jury room, or under the judge's desk, or shelter in a restroom or get in an elevator. Use the stairs. There are fire exits at both ends of the hallway. This includes the scenario of an airplane being flown into the building by terrorists and the building catching fire. Get out. Do not stay in your beloved REGJB. We hope that is clear.
Here's a quick REGJB quiz testing your REGJB knowledge:
A life-threatening emergency in the REGJB is known as
[ ] Code Blue
[ ] Code Brown
[ ] Code Red
[ ] Code Judge Meek Robinette
The answer is Code Brown.
Code Brown includes a fire, an active shooter, or other dire life threatening events.
What codes should be assigned to non-life threatening events?
We have some suggestions:
Code Green: In the unlikely event all escalators and elevators are working at the same time.
Code Orange: Building Inspectors have determined that the REGJB is in imminent danger of collapsing.
Code Purple: A Judge has read a FLW cover to cover.
Code Yellow: A civil lawyer is seen in the building. Rumpole notes that if you a see a civil lawyer, don't panic and feed it or engage it in conversation, especially about any accident. Stand back, stay quiet, the civil lawyer will snoop around with its beady little eyes, and having satisfied itself that there is no potential client, the civil lawyer will move along at its own pace. Remember, the civil lawyer is most likely more afraid of you than you are of them. In an emergency, you can throw a few dollars in the opposite direction you wish to go and then quickly and quietly retreat.
Code Black: The Judge who makes Cafecito in the afternoon is either off, out, or her machine is broken.
Code Pink: A City of Hialeah Police Officer testifies truthfully. It is anticipated this code will never be used.
Code Blue: In the unlikely event a prosecutor does not say "victim wants the max" or in the even more unlikely event that the prosecutor says they are offering a plea the victim does not agree to, a code blue will be announced. The Courtroom will be locked until the media arrives so the proceedings can be recorded for posterity. The last time this occurred, in 1974, there was no way to record the event and the reporting in an article by the Miami News has been lost.
Please Rumpole - don’t even use Arthur Snyder’s name as a joke. He was an evil
ReplyDeleteMan who did very bad things utilizing his “power” as a judge to feel invincible to prosecution. Pure evil. I’m hopeful that God redirected him for eternity to hell for what he did.
You're correct. It was a mistake It won't occur again
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Rump no story on the two young ex pds who bolted after a year last year- said they were going into crypto and nfts. Now there's a Barrons or Forbes story (not sure which) they just sold out their legal briefs nfts for +700 million. 15% plus 4 points on the back end re-sales; they are living large and lovin life. Come on and get with the times and post something relevant
ReplyDeleteCode Silver: To be used when a judge is spotted in the REGJB at 3 pm on a Friday afternoon. Code Green(s): to be used when there is not a single judge playing golf on a Miami Dade course after lunch on a Friday.
ReplyDeleteCode Brown is NOT for fire. A fire announcement will use plain language. A Code Brown will be used when people in the building must shelter in place. A fire announcement will be used when people need to get out of the building.
ReplyDeleteThey had a training on this last week. FIRE alarm will say FIRE and for you to exit.
ReplyDeleteCODE BROWN is a stay in place order due to active shooter.
Please update your post regarding Code Brown not including fire. Confusion (and death) if a Code Brown is called and people not knowing whether to shelter in place or evacuate the building is precisely what the Code system is trying to avoid.
ReplyDeleteNow that "fast" Gerald Klein is not longer with us, Code green will be used much more. He was a great guy and beat the system. Never appointed the PD because he certified that the defendant did not face jail time.
ReplyDeleteWhy do we need a Crayola Code that nobody knows?
ReplyDeleteWhat's wrong with Public announcements that indicate what the problem is and what to do?
Fire: Get the Hell Out!
Active Shooter: Lockdown, barricade the door, shelter in place!
Hurricane Warning: Pick a jury, it's just South Florida weather!
Are we worried that by announcing there's an active shooter, that they'll get angry and start shooting?
Department stores have secret codes to inform security of shoplifters and there could be some use for secret security codes- but we shouldn't know what they are.
Re: Code Yellow. Years ago, when Judge Alan R. Schwartz was a circuit judge in REG, he was also the head of the circuit appellate division, and he decided to hold all oral arguments in county-circuit appeals at REG, I think in the famous CR 4-1. The civil lawyers were visibly shaken, if not fear-stricken, by the specter of having to go to the Criminal Courthouse. Very funny.
ReplyDeleteDuring that period, I had the privilege of arguing an appeal before J. Schwartz where my learned honorable opponent (and I mean both adjectives) was the late Kurt Marmar: it was about a defendant's appeal from a conviction for spitting on the sidewalk. There was much discussion of whether the dictionary definition of "expectoration" (used in the statute) covered the more homely word, "spitting." J. Schwartz held that it did.