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Following the violence at the United States Capitol last week, law enforcement agencies are tightening security around the country. But it’s not always easy to know which leads to investigate, especially for local police forces with limited staff and resources.
Jan 14, 2021
Hundreds of National Guard troops hold inside the Capitol Visitor s Center to reinforce security Wednesday at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
WASHINGTON (AP) All through downtown Washington, the primary sound for several blocks was the beeping of forklifts unloading more fencing.
There were no cars or scooters and seemingly no tourists Wednesday, just the occasional jogger and multiple construction crews at work. The U.S. Capitol that proved such a soft target last week was visible only through lines of tall, black fence.
Two blocks from the White House, a group of uniformed National Guard troops emerged from a tour bus and headed into a hotel as a state of lockdown descended on Washington that will last through the Jan. 20 inauguration.
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For Mayor
Muriel Bowser, the planning started in December. On New Year’s Eve, Bowser requested support of 340 unarmed D.C. National Guard troops for the pro-Trump gatherings scheduled for the following week. By Monday, Jan. 4, federal officials approved activation of 340 guard members, most of whom were on traffic duty.
Also on Jan. 4, attorneys with the Office of the Attorney General convened a closed briefing to tell D.C. councilmembers about all the ways President
Donald Trump could interfere with law enforcement in D.C. The OAG produced a two-page memo, first reported by