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In 1979, the Capitol Police got a separate chief of police; the role had previously been filled by officers of the Metropolitan Police Department. [27] [28] In 2005 Congress established the United States Capitol Police (USCP) Office of Inspector General (OIG) as a legislative agency. The inspector general heads OIG, supervises and conducts ...
Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund said he believed the pipe bombs were a deliberate distraction which took significant USCP resources to contain the area and evacuate several Congressional office buildings. [4] FBI and Department of Homeland Security agents wearing riot gear entered the Dirksen Senate Office Building around 4:30. [91]
Capitol police may function as part of the state police or may be an independent agency. There is also a federal capitol police agency . Security police for government facilities are a very old idea, dating back at least to the guards posted at Solomon's temple and including such units as the Praetorian Guard and the Coldstream Guards .
The Justice Department documented assaults on over 140 police officers and property damage exceeding $2.8 million to the Capitol building and grounds. Approximately 170 defendants had been accused of using deadly or dangerous weapons against law enforcement officers, including fire extinguishers and bear spray.
A combined force of Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police began a joint operation to clear the Capitol. By 2:49, the Crypt was cleared, and the mob outside the Speaker's Lobby was cleared by 2:57. At 3:25, law enforcement, including a line of MPD officers in full riot gear, proceeded to clear the Rotunda; and by 3:40, rioters had mostly been ...
Yogananda D. Pittman is an American police officer who is the University of California, Berkeley chief of police. She was formerly the assistant chief and acting chief of the United States Capitol Police (USCP), serving in those posts during and after the 2021 insurrection at the United States Capitol.
Capitol Police officers on duty: More than 1,200 . Capitol Police officers try to hold off Donald Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
Harry Anthony Dunn (born September 25, 1983) is an American author, political candidate, and former police officer who served in the United States Capitol Police from 2008 to 2023. Dunn was one of several officers present during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6 , and testified with his colleagues before the United States Congress for ...