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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 leaders knew of a threat to the Capitol but did not tell the stationed officers. [1] At the time of the attack, Edwards was 31 and a private first class officer. [3] [9] That day, Edwards had been stationed at the Peace Circle on the West front of the Capitol grounds, backed by four other officers in the first responder unit.
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 .
1:26 p.m.: the U.S. Capitol Police order evacuation of at least two buildings in the Capitol complex, including the Cannon House Office Building and the Madison Building of the Library of Congress. [7] [50] [51] 1:30 p.m.: Capitol Police are overwhelmed and forced to retreat up the steps of the Capitol. [52]
Former Capitol Hill Police Officer Winston Pingeon recalled the events of Jan. 6, 2021, when rioters breached the Capitol in an apparent attempt to stop Congress’s certification of the Electoral ...
PHOTO: Protesters clash with Capitol police at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington ...
As the rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, many of the police officers had to decide on their own how to fight them off. One cop ran from one side of the building to another, fighting hand-to-hand ...
It was the first time the Capitol had been violently seized since the Burning of Washington, during the War of 1812. [99] On April 2, 2021, a black nationalist rammed a car into barriers outside the Capitol, hitting several Capitol Police Officers before exiting his vehicle and attempting to attack others with a knife. An officer hit by the ...