THIS ARTICLE ON NEWS, 4 JAX DOT COM. IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DRAMATICALLY INCREASING ITS SECURITY FOR THE COUNTING OF ELECTORAL VOTES AT THE U.S. CAPITOL SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 6TH 2025 AS NEWS FOR JAX ANCHOR TARIK MINOR REPOR. E U. SECT SEICE WILL NOW BE IN CHARGE OF SECURITY FOR WHAT'S NOW CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO BE A NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT. >> AUTHORITIES WILL BE BETTER EQUIPPED, BETTER, TRAINED AND BETTER PREPARED TO HANDLE ANYTHING, INCLUDING A RIGHT SIMILAR TO THE 1/6/2021, ATTACK ON UNITED STATES CAPITOL. THAT WAS AIMED AT REVERSING THE ELECTION RESULTS. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS DESIGNATED THE ELECTORAL COUNT AS A NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT, ESSENTIALLY ELEVATING IT TO THE SAME LEVEL OF SECURITY FOR A DOG OR A SHUNS POLITICAL CONVENTIONS AND THE SUPER BOWL. IN A STATEMENT FROM THE U.S. CAPITOL POLICE CHIEF, HEITESTHE NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT DESIGNATION WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN OUR WORK TO PROTECT THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR THE JANUARY 6 COUNT AS WELL AS THE INAUGURATION FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. WE HAVE MADE HUNDREDS OF CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS. IN FAIRNESS, THERE HAD NOT BEEN A PROBLEM CERTIFICATIONS IN THE PAST, BUT THERE WERE SOME WARNING SIGNS THAT THIS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT. >> AND YET NO ONE. LISTEN TO THOSE WARNING SIGNS. AND WE HAD WE HAD 4 YEARS AGO IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING. THEY'RE TAKING THESE PRECAUTIONS NOW.THERE'S GOING TO BE HEIGHTENED SECURITY IS THERE WILL BE FOR THE INAUGURATION ITSELF. LIKE I SAID, IT'S A COMMON SENSE MOVE BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED 4 YEARS AGO. NEWS FOR JACK'S POLITICAL ANALYST RICK MULLANEY SAYS THAT THE NEW DESIGNATION IS A COMMON SENSE MOVE BY HOMELAND SECURITY TO ENSURE THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER. IT COMES AT A TIME OF INCREASED SCRUTINY OF THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE AFTER THEIR FAILURE TO PROTECT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO WAS NEARLY ASSASSINATED AT ONE OF HIS RALLIES. THEY ARE UNDER INCREASED SCRUTINY, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE ASSASSINATION DONALD TRUMP AND OF COBB. AND OF COURSE, THE OBVIOUS FAILINGS TO PREVENT THAT AND WHAT HAPPENED WITHHEREI INK PERCENT FIRST SECRET SERVICE FOR HOMELAND SECURITY. IN FACT, FOR ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT ON JANUARY 6TH OF 2025, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S REMOTELY RESEMBLING WHAT HAPPENED 4 YEARS AGO. STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS WILL ALSO BE INSTRUMENTAL IN IMPLEMENTING THE NEW SECURITY PROCEDURES. WASHINGTON, D.C., MAYOR MURIEL BOWSER ALSO REQUESTED