Minnesota Salama Capitol to be examined

Public safety officials are calling for an external review of the Capitol Complex to evaluate security after a man entered the building after last week.

The discussion began to add metal detection devices or reduce entry points before the accident, after two legislators and their husbands were shot in their home last month.

The General Safety Commissioner at Minnesota Bob Jacobson said on Tuesday that the review will help inform the changes.

“We want an external perspective,” Jacobson said. “Someone will ask difficult questions and help us to know what we may not see internally.” “This is not about guiding the fingers. It is about gathering to understand what is doing, as the gaps are, and certainly, how we can enhance our coordination to move forward.”

A criminal complaint claims that 36 -year -old went to the Capitol within open hours on Friday and used a wooden wedge to support the door. Then he returned in the evening when the building was closed.

Prosecutors in Ramsay Province says that the security of the Capitol in the state found that the individual was sitting naked in the Senate Speaker carrying an envelope that he has enjoyed his money. His clothes were found in a woman’s toilet. The security cameras were seized by walking from the bathroom to the second floor.

He was charged with a second -degree robbery, entered a government building without approval, structure of the theft, and he has an evaluation of the competence suspended in a separate condition. Bogjevic said the security of the Capitol was working entirely on Friday night and no officers were placed on leave at this time.

Bogjevic said the storming during the weekend made the independent review more urgent.

“The balance between openness with security is never easy, but it is a responsibility that we bear seriously and continuing, and we stand with every person who takes this seriously, and this includes legislators who call for more strong protection,” said Bogogvich.

There was an increase in security personnel in Capitol Since the shooting last month of two legislators and their husbands. A separate third -party probe will review the fire.

Some lawmakers and public safety officials said that the investigation is necessary to explore the delay in obtaining a word for the legislators about a possible threat to their safety. Jacobson said law enforcement agencies had an unprecedented situation responding to fire and did well. But he said that the post -work report may provide areas to improve if something similar happens again.

“We will learn from this and there are things we can do better,” he said. “I can tell you when they tell us what we can do better, as these gaps are found, and how we can improve them. We will take them and do that.”

The editor’s note: MPR news does not call the accused man to storm the Capitol because the criminal charge he faces is not violent and the authorities suspected that he suffers from mental health issues.