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Lawmakers look into Capitol police leaving guns in bathrooms

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2014 file photo, cyclists ride on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Capitol Dome is shrouded in scaffolding for a long-term repair project. Lawmakers were demanding information after a report that Capitol Police officers have left their firearms in the bathrooms of the Capitol complex three times this year. The top Republican and Democrat on the House Administration Committee said Friday that dangerous weapons were left in the open, potentially within reach of the general public. They called the behavior, quote, “unacceptable.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2014 file photo, cyclists ride on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Capitol Dome is shrouded in scaffolding for a long-term repair project. Lawmakers were demanding information after a report that Capitol Police officers have left their firearms in the bathrooms of the Capitol complex three times this year. The top Republican and Democrat on the House Administration Committee said Friday that dangerous weapons were left in the open, potentially within reach of the general public. They called the behavior, quote, “unacceptable.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

By Associated Press 2 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – Lawmakers demanded answers Friday after a report that Capitol Police officers have left their guns in the bathrooms of the Capitol complex three times this year.

“The fact that dangerous weapons were left in the open, potentially within reach of the general public, is unacceptable,” said a statement by Reps. Candice Miller, R-Mich., and Robert Brady, D-Pa.

“We will be looking for a full briefing on these incidents, how they happened, what corrective action has been taken, and how we hopefully do not have similar instances in the future,” they said.

Miller heads the House Administration Committee and Brady is the panel’s senior Democrat. The committee oversees security for the House.

The newspaper Roll Call, which first reported the incidents, said one of the guns was found by a child. The newspaper said the others were found by employees who work at the Capitol.