During the first meeting of the year at Tarrant County Commissioner’s Court, emotions ran high as Sheriff Bill Waybourn along with other officials gave an update about recent jail deaths. Two people were arrested during the meeting after the sheriff’s office said they disrupted court proceedings.

A new set of meeting rules lays out when people can get kicked out of Commissioners Court meetings and how long they can be banned.

The Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved a new policy regulating public comments and other issues of decorum on Tuesday, Jan. 28. The policy passed along party lines, despite opposition from Democrats on the court and several Tarrant County residents who spoke out on the change.