'Riot Button' Installed in Downtown Sacramento State Building Elevators 

It's not a button it's actually a lamp. Riot mode is activated from a centralized location inside of the building. What happens is is that when a riot is happening they can turn on riot mode and that light will light up and the elevator will not be allowed to travel to the ground floor however it will be allowed to travel to every other floor so that the elevator does not open up into a mob

Can’t they just put a sign about what the button means

Sounds like an indicator light, not a physical push button... A security shield icon on the "button" would have been a better choice, I guess.

Great investigative journalism ... you were unable to answer the question as to WHY the buttons were installed? Seriously?

This is news?

Umm, wouldn't you already know if there's a riot outside, before you get on the elevator? I could hear protests from the 16th floor. This is really bizarre.

Well the worst part is knowone knows what the buttons actually do since theyre not allowed to press it or even put fingers near it

???

Interesting?

What’s a riot elevator.