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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 ...
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 Capitol attack in 2021. During the attack, he was crushed by rioters who had stolen police shields and pinned him against a wall.
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger is questioning what message would be sent to officers across the country if rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are pardoned.
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 .
Former Capitol Police officers present during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection said President-elect Trump’s commitment to pardon rioters is “a betrayal.” “It’s a betrayal, a stab in the ...
Temporary fencing is visible around the perimeter of the U.S. Capitol building on Dec. 31, 2024, ahead of the Jan. 6 certification of the election and Jan. 20 inauguration.
John Thomas Manger is an American police officer who is the 11th and current chief of the United States Capitol Police. He previously served as the chief of the Montgomery County Police Department. [1] Manger was selected to lead the Capitol Police in the aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack. [2]
The US Capitol Police arrested a man Wednesday after he allegedly attempted to set his car on fire near the Capitol as President-elect Donald Trump was visiting Republican lawmakers and paying his ...