Panic Buttons Had Been Removed From Congressional Offices

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I'll be real curious to find out why this happened:

U.S.
Capitol Staffer Says Office Panic Buttons Were 'Torn Out' Before Riot

Sarah Groh, chief of staff for Ayanna Pressley, said all the office panic buttons had been removed ahead of a pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol.

 

[Bitek]

Shocking if true. Is like to see some confirmation

 

[Leeea]

Something much bigger then Trump, and uglier happened.

 

[nakedfrog]

Oh, I'm sure it was just a budgetary thing

 

[blackangst1]

Yikes. Id like to see more info also.

 

[UNCjigga]

From the article:
“The staffer said that she had used them before and they had not switched offices since then.”

Just pointing out the Occam’s razor possibility that maybe she had used the button in non-emergency situations and Congressional security personnel decided to remove them from her office. It’s possible. Definitely need more investigation to find out how many offices had them removed.

 

[tweaker2]

The plot thickens...............

 

[Captante]

From the article:
“The staffer said that she had used them before and they had not switched offices since then.”

Just pointing out the Occam’s razor possibility that maybe she had used the button in non-emergency situations and Congressional security personnel decided to remove them from her office. It’s possible. Definitely need more investigation to find out how many offices had them removed.

The article I just read said they had used it several time during drills.

EDIT: found it!

Newsweek link *(pay-walled but 4 free articles)