St. Louis City Hall tightens up security

ST. LOUIS -- Anyone wanting to enter St. Louis City Hall will have to go through a metal detector beginning Monday.

That new policy includes Mayor Francis Slay, aldermen and city employees who used to show a badge to bypass security. Aldermen who used to go through a basement entrance near their assigned parking spaces will now have to walk around the building to a public entrance.

The new security measures, announced Friday, come more than two weeks after a councilman was killed inside New York City Hall by a political opponent. The shooter had been with the councilman when entering the building; they both bypassed metal detectors.