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USCP Use of Force Policy Changes After January 6, 2021

The U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) has made changes to its use of force and crowd control policies after the January 6, 2021, attack. These changes include new equipment, training, and an incident response plan. However, implementation has been uneven, and many recommendations from the Inspector General and GAO remain only partially adopted.

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How have Capitol Police policies on use of force and crowd control changed since January 6, 2021?

Since January 6, 2021, the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) rewrote and clarified aspects of its use-of-force and crowd-control posture, adopting explicit prohibitions, new equipment, refresher trainings an...