Capital Security Concern at the Center of Senate Debate
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Capital Security Concern at the Center of Senate Debate

Date: March 20, 2012
By: Mary McGuire
State Capitol Bureau
Links: SB744

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Capital security concerns prompted legislation that would place more security cameras around the Capital was debated Tuesday.
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Wrap: St. Louis Democratic Senator Robin Wright-Jones says more security cameras are necessary after the cross hair incident this January.

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Description: "When the threats came in and even the second threat that came in that I was included in, every one of them referenced the Gabrielle Giffords situation, which being a woman and an elected official did not sit very well with me at all on both of those."

But Republican Senator Jason Crowell called the security measures "over-reaction".

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Description: "The sponsors of this bill and those who are in support of it don't like the answer that they got from the administration. Because the Governor said, and I support the Governor's decision, we don't have to put cameras everywhere."

Opposition like that from Crowell stalled a Senate vote.

Reporting from the State Capitol, I'm Mary McGuire.

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Opposition has stalled legislation that would increase the number of security cameras at the State Capitol in Jefferson City Tuesday.
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Wrap: Saint Louis Democratic Senator Robin Wright-Jones says more security cameras are necessary after the cross hair sticker incident this January.

And her bill debated on the Senate floor would do just that.

But Republican Senator Jason Crowell says he has concerns over who would control the surveillance tapes.

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Description: "And if we do do this, you better believe that these things better be public record. The cameras outside the Governor's office were public record. There were lawsuits brought by the media to see if people were actually going into the Governor's office to have meetings that the Governor denied."

Opposition like that from Crowell stalled a Senate vote.

Reporting from the State Capital, I'm Mary McGuire.