Gov. Tony Evers last week announced the Wisconsin State Building Commission approved a total of approximately $71 million in key projects across the state that will continue to address the
joined by our washington post national security reporter. thank you for being with us. and sahill, capitol police trying to get out in front of this. here are the security improvements, what we ve done to make things better s what have you seen in action on the ground? reporter: hallie, one of the things we ve seen, more aggressive about use of a fence to rope off the place when they receive threats. not the case january 6th and made it easier for rioters to come in and attack the building. that fence was up months after janu september. no violence did occur at that place. a lot of changes made are not visible to people like me walking the happens. one of the words the new capitol police chief used again and again and again was intelligent. beefed up protocols and processes for gathering and analyzing and sharing intelligence. said they ve enlisted a secret service expert to come up with
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dedicated training staff, facility issues, and weapons systems training integration. uspc could not provide documentation supporting those recommendations. our eighth and final flash report is a summary of the status of our 104 recommendations and any security improvements made by the department since january 6th. although the department has made several changes to include updating policies and procedures, additional training for cdu units, the civil disservice units, and the hiring of a subject matter expert in the planning and coordination with large events or high-profile demonstrations, the department still has more work to achieve the goal of making a capital complex safe and secure. out of the 200 security enhancements that the department has provided to the oig, only 61 one of those items have supporting documentation to support those enhancements to have occurred. some of the other security enhancements that the department has instituted has been an
done by my staff and the office of inspector general. through their collective efforts and skills, we have produced eight flash reports outlining areas of improvement for the department, resulting in 104 recommendations. our last and final flash report is a summary of the recommendations that we have made and security improvements that the department has made since january 6th. although the department has addressed some of our recommendations and have made security improvements throughout the capitol complex, much work still needs to be addressed in relation to training, intelligence, cultural change, and operational planning. we are currently finalizing our final flash report. since my last hearing before this committee, we have issued three additional flash reports. these reports preclude areas in a department such as communication, coordination bureau, the hazardous incidents response division, k-9 unit, and