Overview

• Starting Aug. 6, the Department of Public Safety has reduced public access from three entrances to two and limited open doors from 14 to four during business hours.
• All other entry points now require key-card authorization and visitors using the Senate Building tunnel must arrange escorted passage through security dispatch.
• Lt. Col. Jeremy Geiger has been elevated to oversee Capitol security operations, increasing uniformed officer presence and centralizing decision-making.
• A third-party security consultant was hired on July 29 and its ongoing assessment will inform further protocol adjustments.
• The Minnesota Legislature’s advisory committee on Capitol security will meet later this month to review the expert report and recommend additional enhancements.