Watchdog: Capitol Police Need To Pivot From Reactionary To Protection Posture
NPRWatchdog: Capitol Police Need To Pivot From Reactionary To Protection Posture Enlarge this image toggle caption Jon Cherry/Getty Images Jon Cherry/Getty Images U.S. Capitol Police Inspector General Michael Bolton will tell a congressional committee in prepared testimony Thursday that the agency must shift away from its current approach to deal with rising threats to the Capitol. The full report, of which only portions have been released so far, said officers were hindered by leadership decisions and equipment deficiencies that left the force ill-prepared to respond to the Jan. 6 insurrection, according to a new watchdog report, which found that some advance intelligence offered a "more alarming" warning ahead of the day's events. An analysis by the agency's own intelligence division offered somewhat conflicting details ahead of Jan. 6, with one section offering what Bolton called "more alarming language" than another. Sponsor Message "Supporters of the current president see January 6, 2021, as the last opportunity to overturn the results of the presidential election," the analysis said in one section, according to Bolton's report.
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