The Capitol police chief in the United States, Thomas Manager, who took over the administration in the difficult months that followed the siege of the American Capitol, is retired from his post on Friday. After January 6, 2021, Capitol riotHe helped rebuild the volatile administration employees, strengthening employment efforts and strengthening the agency’s intelligence and communications to fix the weaknesses revealed by the Capitol violation.
The CBS News told him that he faced severe challenges when he was receipt In the job in 2021.
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“The administration, as a whole, lost confidence in the (previous) leadership as a result of what happened,” he said. “There were great things that were determined as things that need to be repaired as soon as we could reform: things such as intelligence failures, communication failure, equipment failure, training failure, and driving failure – all these things need to be treated immediately.”
Manger, a former local police chief in Verfax Province, Virginia, and Montgomery County, Maryland, successfully called for an increase in financing to improve employment, equipment and operations.
The department was detonated by critics for the failure of intelligence that contributed to the violation of the complex on January 6, 2021.
“We now have a global intelligence. We are important players in the intelligence community in Washington, DC, the region, and frankly throughout the country,” said Manger. “While before, we were only basically – … we were consumers of information. The FBI will give us intelligence, other agencies that give us information.
The American Capitol Police Council will choose a new police chief, Manager expects to happen soon.
MANGER has requested approximately one billion dollars of financing for 2026, which will represent the latest in a series of recent budget reinforcements. In a testimony before the Congress Committee about the justification of his budget request, Manager was martyred with a high number of investigations into threats against members of Congress.
“The current climate of threats has reached levels that warn of danger,” he told the committee in April. Capitol police records appear number Threats It was launched against members of Congress in 2024 exceeding 9400.
He added: “Social media and the Internet provides a multiplication land for threats – regardless of their nature – the administration must investigate.”
Manger and the Capitol Police also strengthened the ministry’s operations outside Washington, and they responded to potential threats in the birthplace of the legislators.
The administration has a unique mission between police agencies, protecting the elected leaders and securing the American Capitol campus, which hosts more 3 million visitors every year. Capitol is open to the public, and the legislators are accessible to citizens.
He criticized the manger pardon President Trump issued it for the release of the Capitol riots who overcame the Capitol police, their beatings and their inhabitants in the Capitol. When Mr. Trump released 1500 pardons to suspected rioters and convicts when he took office, “maybe one of my worst days in this job,” CBS News told CBS News.
He also criticized conspiracy theories around January 6, which continues to generalize social media.
“I was here on January 6. They were part of what happened. They were attacked,” said Manger. “They were in battles. Many of them were injured. They knew exactly what happened on January 6. For someone to make up for a story,” Oh, it was not so bad ” – this is not true.”
“What a chilling message to the law enforcement, because we have a job to do, and we do not care about the case of the case,” Manager continued. “We do not care about any aspect of the currency that revolves around it in any specific issue because we have a job to do, maintain public order and maintain peace.”
“Since he took the hour of need for the utmost need, he has professionally has a force in need of a fixed leadership,” said Representative Joe Morel, a democratic in New York, a member of the House of Representatives Administration Committee.
“The workforce is still a problem, in addition to the budget of the work and the family life of ranks and files officers, which still suffer from morale within the agency,” said a union representative of the Capitol police officers.
While preparing to leave the department, the condemnation was praised by a former Capitol police officer who responded to the riots in January 6. “He showed his love for the country, his love for law enforcement and his continuous dedication to public service,” former officer Harry Den told CBS News.
