In response to increasing threats against members of Congress, the U.S. Capitol Police plans to open field offices across the country, including in Texas. The Texas location has not yet been determined, a department spokesperson said.
A Capitol Police officer patrols outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2023, on the second anniversary of the assault on the Capitol., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger announced the plans at a joint oversight hearing of the Capitol Police Board, describing a 300% increase in threats to members of Congress over the past seven years. The Capitol Police department, which is responsible for protecting Congress and its members, opened its first field offices in Florida and California after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump. The offices have helped his officers respond to threats more quickly and efficiently, Manger said.
According to the police department, the new offices will “ensure our department resources are adequately dispersed to safeguard Members of Congress and to investigate threats when in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere.”“We had, tragically, a Senate staffer repeatedly stabbed in broad daylight here in Washington, D.C., just a couple blocks from this hearing room,” U.S. Sen., R-Texas, said during the hearing, raising concerns about the “explosion of threats of violence against members of both parties.
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