A woman who entered the Dawson County Government Center earlier this month was able to make it past a security guard and a metal detector with a gun inside her purse. According to Sheriff Jeff Johnson, at approximately 3:08 p.m., March 6, after going through a security scan where the woman placed her purse on a conveyor belt that was run through a metal detector, she retrieved her purse and entered the clerk's office on the first floor of the courthouse. "The weapon was not initially detected by the screening officer," Johnson said.