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The U.S. Capitol Police also have extended jurisdiction over parts of Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest Washington D.C. [9] The USCP provides protection detail to House and Senate leaders, other congressmen and -women depending on individual risk analysis, lawmakers' state and district offices (with the help of local police), and "off-campus ...
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]
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 .
Daniel Hodges is an American officer of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department who is known for defending the U.S. Capitol building and its occupants during the January 6, 2021, attack. During the attack, he was crushed by rioters who had stolen police shields and pinned him against a wall.
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Smith, 35, shot himself in the head on the George Washington Memorial Parkway on January 15, 2021, the day he was supposed to return to duty. [6] [2] [7] Smith's was the second of two police suicides in the immediate aftermath of the storming of the Capitol, the other being that of the U.S. Capitol Police officer Howard Liebengood. [6]
H.R. 3325 (An Act to award four congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and those who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, Pub. L. 117–32 (text), 135 Stat. 322, enacted August 5, 2021) was signed into federal law by President of the United States Joe Biden on August 5, 2021.
The Free Press (known as Common Sense between 2021–2022) is an American Internet-based media company based in Los Angeles, California, founded by Bari Weiss and Nellie Bowles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The newsletter was first published in 2021 [ 3 ] [ 4 ] while its associated media company officially launched in 2022.