The FBI and Secret Service Concerned About Gov. Mark Sanford's Handling of Security at the Statehouse
Bill creating Capitol Police Force advances
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina legislators have advanced a bill that would create a new Capitol Police force.
Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell's bill won approval in a Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee Wednesday and now heads to the full committee for debate. McConnell chairs that committee.
The legislation is a response to security concerns at the Statehouse raised by the FBI and Secret Service and a reaction to Gov. Mark Sanford pulling the Bureau of Protective Services from checkpoints leading into the complex last fall.
Mark Sanford questioned spending on a security system restricting access to a garage beneath the office complex.
"Lawmakers approved installation of gates, secured doors and a card system to State House buildings, but Mark Sanford ordered the Department of Public Safety to turn off the system and leave guard posts unmanned. DPS is a cabinet agency the governor controls".
in December Mark Sanford pulled some of the grounds’ security officers from checkpoints at the Statehouse, including the underground garage, irritating some senators who believe safety is being compromised.
“This ought to be a good lesson for some of you about putting too much power in one place.”
The FBI and Secret Service Concerned About Gov. Mark Sanford's Handling of Security at the Statehouse
ReplyDeleteBill creating Capitol Police Force advances
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina legislators have advanced a bill that would create a new Capitol Police force.
Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell's bill won approval in a Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee Wednesday and now heads to the full committee for debate. McConnell chairs that committee.
The legislation is a response to security concerns at the Statehouse raised by the FBI and Secret Service and a reaction to Gov. Mark Sanford pulling the Bureau of Protective Services from checkpoints leading into the complex last fall.
Mark Sanford questioned spending on a security system restricting access to a garage beneath the office complex.
http://www.thesunnews.com/575/story/825377.html
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"Lawmakers approved installation of gates, secured doors and a card system to State House buildings, but Mark Sanford ordered the Department of Public Safety to turn off the system and leave guard posts unmanned. DPS is a cabinet agency the governor controls".
http://thestatecom.typepad.com/ygatoday/2009/03/lawmakers-want-seperate-police-force.html
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in December Mark Sanford pulled some of the grounds’ security officers from checkpoints at the Statehouse, including the underground garage, irritating some senators who believe safety is being compromised.
“This ought to be a good lesson for some of you about putting too much power in one place.”
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20090313/NEWS01/903130338/1068/YOURUPSTATE01
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