Capitol break-in, vandalism comes amid cuts to campus security

The Department of Enterprise Services requested restoration of cut funds in September.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A vandalism incident at the Washington state Capitol this week has renewed calls to restore millions in security funding cuts, just months after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a budget eliminating $3 million from campus security programs.

The agency that manages state properties had called for restoring the funds before Sunday’s break-in.

Surveillance cameras captured the incident as an unidentified man crashed his car into a flower bed in front of the Capitol.

A Department of Enterprise Services (DES) employee in the Security Operations Center (SOC) monitoring cameras

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