The Praetorian Guard expands its Footprint

[Paslode]

It appears the Capital Police is seeking to become a nationwide police force.

Capitol Police plan to open field offices outside Washington to track threats to lawmakers.

By Luke Broadwater
July 6, 2021, 12:58 p.m. ET

Six months after a mob of supporters of President Donald J. Trump stormed the Capitol, the United States Capitol Police is planning to expand operations outside Washington in an effort to better protect lawmakers, beginning with the opening of field offices in California and Florida.

Tim Barber, a spokesman, said the plan was to open several additional regional offices as the department charged with protecting Congress transforms itself in the aftermath of the attack, which exposed serious deficiencies in the Capitol Police’s gathering and dissemination of intelligence, preparedness and training.

Much like the Secret Service, which has field offices in multiple states and countries, the Capitol Police need to be able to monitor and quickly investigate threats against lawmakers wherever they occur, Mr. Barber said.

Yogananda D. Pittman, the acting chief of force, has testified before Congress that total threats against lawmakers have doubled since 2017, with an “overwhelming majority of suspects residing outside” the capital region.

The announcement came as Capitol Police presented a number of steps the agency has taken since the attack, which left dozens of officers from the department and the District of Columbia police force bloodied and injured. Lawmakers evacuated the Capitol and some cowered inside as the rioters, incensed by Mr. Trump’s lie of a stolen election, tried to stop Congress from formalizing President Biden’s victory.

Some of the rioters hunted members of Congress by name, and in the days before the assault, loyalists of Mr. Trump posted messages on far-right chat websites saying they needed to target lawmakers to force them to overturn the election.

Hours after the attack, Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died from a stroke after battling the mob. Officer Howard Liebengood died by suicide not long after, as did a D.C. police officer, Jeffrey Smith.

“We will never forget U.S.C.P. Officers Brian Sicknick and Howie Liebengood, who died after the attack, nor the sacrifices of the nearly 150 law enforcement officers who were injured,” a statement from the Capitol Police said.
The agency said it had instituted better training, purchased more protective equipment and provided more robust mental health services for officers since the attack.

https://archive.fo/DOcHg#selection-397.0-397.91


Yoganda Pittman



Capitol Police union calls for acting chief to resign after Jan. 6 report

[sfshooter]

Not sure who Luke Broadwater is but there seems to be a wee bit of bias in that there article........

[Badger52]

Originally Posted by sfshooter

Not sure who Luke Broadwater is but there seems to be a wee bit of bias in that there article........

From the NYT:

Luke Broadwater is a congressional reporter in the Washington bureau of the New York Times.

[EricV]

with an “overwhelming majority of suspects residing outside” the capital region.

Considering the popularity of Congress, and the fact that so many in the "Capital Region" feed off the Government, it should come as no surprise.

[Badger52]

Originally Posted by EricV

with an “overwhelming majority of suspects residing outside” the capital region.

They're trying to catch-up. KGB had a whole Directorate for that stuff...

[Ret10Echo]

Originally Posted by EricV

with an “overwhelming majority of suspects residing outside” the capital region.

Considering the popularity of Congress, and the fact that so many in the "Capital Region" feed off the Government, it should come as no surprise.

LoL...

I love that Congress would want more people with guns surrounding them.

FBI
USSS
TSA
CID
USCP??

Queue up the Benny Hill chase music

[EricV]

I think there's about 7000 Marines near by too. Course, maybe the pols don't trust them!!

Latest approval rating for June 2021 was 26%

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...e-us-congress/

One wonders how many Beltway Bandits/Lobbyists they polled to get it to 26%

[Old Dog New Trick]

Originally Posted by Ret10Echo

LoL...

I love that Congress would want more people with guns surrounding them.

FBI
USSS
TSA
CID
USCP??

Queue up the Benny Hill chase music

Don’t forget DS/DSS and they already have offices in 30 US metropolitan areas in the US and 170 offices OCONUS.

Surly they can’t be all that busy with peace breaking out all over the US and world…

[Ret10Echo]

Originally Posted by Old Dog New Trick

Don’t forget DS/DSS and they already have offices in 30 US metropolitan areas in the US and 170 offices OCONUS.

Surly they can’t be all that busy with peace breaking out all over the US and world…

Ahh..... Yes...

And we'll add the cornucopia of federal and state agency OIG offices that have "investigations" surveilling citizens for any number of reasons.

[Paslode]

Originally Posted by Ret10Echo

Ahh..... Yes...

And we'll add the cornucopia of federal and state agency OIG offices that have "investigations" surveilling citizens for any number of reasons.

You nailed it, and it didn't long for it to happen.

Defense Secretary Loyd Austin recently approved the Capitol Police’s request for eight Persistent Surveillance Systems Ground - Medium (PSSG-M) units. The system provides high-definition surveillance video and is enabled with night vision. The system does not include facial recognition capabilities, according to the Pentagon.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...system-americ/

[Badger52]

Originally Posted by Ret10Echo

Ahh..... Yes...

And we'll add the cornucopia of federal and state agency OIG offices that have "investigations" surveilling citizens for any number of reasons.

Fusion Centers never went away.

Now they can get back to important stuff like seeing who's attending what "seditious" meetings, and mining the local rag editorial pages for wrong-think. I mean, tracking Somalis going back & forth to Al-Shabaab OJT seminars was probably getting old.