The Minnesota Department of Public Safety announcing new security measures that go into effect today at the Minnesota State Capitol.
Instead of three public entrances, DPS says there will now be two entrances including at the main south entrance at the top of the Capitol steps during regular business hours.
Two ground-level accessible doors beneath the steps will also be open.
The change takes the total number of open doors available to the public from 14, down to four.
Those entrances will also have more Capitol Security officers.
WCCO Radio political analyst Blois Olson talked about the new measures with Vineeta Sawkar on the morning news.
"I think they look reasonable," says Olson. "I think they give people access. I think the idea of having, even if you don't have metal detectors or scanners at each entrance, the idea that you'd have a trooper at each entrance just to keep eyes on who's coming and going from the Capitol? It's an early first step."
State Patrol Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Geiger will also be taking a more direct role in overseeing Capitol Security.
This change raises the unit's position within the State Patrol, allowing for quicker and more decisive actions when they're needed most.
This all comes after a man was arrested late last month after being found inside the Capitol chambers, and following the June assassination of House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and the shooting of State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette.