Updated: January 18, 2021 08:29 IST More than 25,000 National Guards have been deployed along with thousands of local police personnel and those from other security agencies. Share Article AAA A man holds a sign opposing U.S. President-elect Joe Biden as he stands near Washington National Guard members behind a perimeter fence on January17, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Washington. | Photo Credit: AP More than 25,000 National Guards have been deployed along with thousands of local police personnel and those from other security agencies. Ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Wednesday, the American capital over the weekend was literally converted into a garrison city because of the multiple reports of threats and armed violence that security agencies have been receiving over the past few weeks.