LINCOLN- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry made two calls to Capitol Police in Washington with his emergency office button last week to see how long it would take officers to arrive. Fortenberry had told the police that he would be doing the test. Officers expressed annoyance with this 'drill' as it took them away from their regular duties.

The officers believed Fortenberry just wanted to push the button to see if it worked and did not respond to the call until he called again. Capitol police say this is infuriating, especially after the Capitol Riot in the past few months.

The congressman repeatedly said to the police: 'I know you have better things to do than this.' But, given the violent mob insurrection at the Capitol, we thought it wise to test our systems.’

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