Capitol Police lack adequate resources to investigate a surge in new threats, watchdog finds By Michael Kaplan, Cassidy McDonald
Updated on: May 7, 2021 / 2:19 PM / CBS News Capitol Police face rise in threats
Threats have surged against the people and property that Capitol Police are charged with protecting, according to the most recent report by the department s inspector general, which also found the department did not have adequate resources to analyze and investigate the rising risks.
The April report, obtained first by CBS News, revealed that the number of threat cases increased from 171 in 2017 to 586 in 2020 and have already topped 200 through the first three months of the year. The department views a threat as a communication or action showing clear or implied intent to inflict physical, psychological, or other harm, including those targeted at lawmakers and the Capitol building itself.
Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore speaks at Baton Rouge Press Club
Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore speaks at Baton Rouge Press Club By WAFB Staff | May 3, 2021 at 7:11 PM CDT - Updated May 3 at 7:11 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - One of Louisianaâs own, retired Lieutenant General Russel Honore, spoke at the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday, May 3.
Recently, the US House speaker put him in charge of doing an assessment to prevent another attack on the Capitol, like what happened on January 6.
Talk about people coming to the Capitol to cause harm didnât make it to the FBI director,â said Honore. âIâm giving it to you as an observation. That wasnât my mission to look at that. My mission was to look at how did we have an intelligence failure. Why didnât we know?â
Workers continue to fight for help 11 years after Deepwater Horizon Disaster By Nicondra Norwood | April 20, 2021 at 6:33 PM CDT - Updated April 21 at 8:42 AM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Tuesday, April 20, 2021 marks eleven years since the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico killing eleven workers and starting the largest oil spill in Gulf history.
A group of cleanup workers are still fighting for help more than a decade later. The images of the massive fire and cleaning crews dominated the summer of 2010 after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded about 40 miles off the Louisiana coast and sank two days later.
Workers continue to fight for help 11 years after Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Workers continue to fight for help 11 years after Deepwater Horizon Disaster By Nicondra Norwood | April 20, 2021 at 6:33 PM CDT - Updated April 20 at 8:32 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Tuesday, April 20, 2021 marks eleven years since the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico killing eleven workers and starting the largest oil spill in Gulf history.
A group of cleanup workers are still fighting for help more than a decade later. The images of the massive fire and cleaning crews dominated the summer of 2010 after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded about 40 miles off the Louisiana coast and sank two days later.
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