Head of the Capitol police pushes for shift in thinking
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and last updated 2021-05-11 20:13:06-04
Capitol Police Inspector General Michael Bolton says the agency needs a shift in thinking.
Bolton told lawmakers during a hearing that the agency should think of itself as a protective agency in order to prevent further attacks like the one we saw on January 6 when Trump supporters carried out a deadly riot at the Capitol. In regards to cultural change, the CF Department needs to move away from the thought of process of a traditional police department in a move to the posture of a protective agency, Bolton said. A police department is geared to being reactive for the most part. Whereas, a protective agency is postured in their training and planning to be proactive.
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Capitol Police Inspector General Michael Bolton testified Monday before the House Administrative Committee that the department s lack of countersurveillance and threat assessment operations contributed to the Capitol being left largely unprotected during the Jan. 6 riots.
Bolton testified before the committee in the first of three House hearings this week on mistakes made before and during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, when supporters of then-President Donald Trump sought to disrupt the counting of the Electoral College votes. The process is routine every four years and ended, as expected, with Democratic nominee Joe Biden becoming the president-elect.
“Our third flash report reflects the continuing need for the department to focus on those four areas of intelligence, training, planning, and cultural change,” Bolton told the committee. “Based on our ongoing work, this flash report is designed to communicate any deficiencies with the departments, count
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The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 4:09 AM EDT May 11, 2021 MARY CLARE JALONICK Video above: Feds release videos showing Jan. 6 police assaultThe Capitol Police force was hobbled by inadequate intelligence gathering ahead of the Jan. 6 siege, the department s watchdog told Congress on Monday, alarming lawmakers who are concerned for their own safety amid rising threats against members of Congress. Capitol Police Inspector General Michael Bolton testified in the first of three House hearings this week on what went wrong during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Lawmakers are investigating the riots as they contemplate overhauling security, and Bolton has recomme