Six Statehouse doors to be locked for security

COLUMBUS (AP) -- Six of 10 entrances to the Statehouse will be closed starting next week over security concerns from the State Highway Patrol and state employees.
"The highway patrol asked that we close some of the doors so they could have enough manpower to patrol the doors that remain open," said Pat Groseck, spokeswoman for the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board. "The doors are out of the mainstream of public traffic."
The board voted Wednesday to lock the doors at the north and south ends of the atrium, the basement crypt and the Senate building. Signs will be posted.
The doors leading to Broad, High, State and Third streets will remain open.
"I don't think it will confuse people because the main sidewalks that circle the Statehouse lead to the doors that will remain open," Groseck said.
The board voted to unlock all entrances four months ago. There used to be only two doors open.
Patrol Lt. John Born said uniformed and plainclothes patrol personnel, cameras and bomb-sniffing dogs are used for security. Two patrol cars are around the Statehouse.