Prior to Jan. 6, the Capitol Police had a big budget and were largely unaccountable. Here is how it was described by Wapo.
"The force of about 2,100 sworn officers, which patrols a hallowed but tiny area, boasts a $516 million budget. That is more than twice the spending on police in Atlanta, 1½ times the spending in Detroit and approaches the $545 million budget for the District of Columbia, budget documents show. Yet reports by the force’s Office of Inspector General, tasked with rooting out waste and fraud, are kept under wraps. The Capitol Police, like Congress, are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
Unlike other law enforcement agencies, the police force releases little public information, even after calamitous incidents." https://www.washingtonpost.com/inve...cbd23c-5389-11eb-89bc-7f51ceb6bd57_story.html
Now in addition to their bloated budget, $2 billion more is being thrown at the Capitol Police. https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/...apitol-security-following-jan-6-riot/2676088/
The breathless post by RoyalT12 about how strongly some members of the Capitol Police felt about Jan. 6 is unsurprisingly followed by a large amount of money thrown at their institution.
Also, interesting to note that $5 billion was considered to be too expensive to build walls on the Southern Border, but $2 billion here on a much smaller problem is considered nothing.
"The force of about 2,100 sworn officers, which patrols a hallowed but tiny area, boasts a $516 million budget. That is more than twice the spending on police in Atlanta, 1½ times the spending in Detroit and approaches the $545 million budget for the District of Columbia, budget documents show. Yet reports by the force’s Office of Inspector General, tasked with rooting out waste and fraud, are kept under wraps. The Capitol Police, like Congress, are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
Unlike other law enforcement agencies, the police force releases little public information, even after calamitous incidents." https://www.washingtonpost.com/inve...cbd23c-5389-11eb-89bc-7f51ceb6bd57_story.html
Now in addition to their bloated budget, $2 billion more is being thrown at the Capitol Police. https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/...apitol-security-following-jan-6-riot/2676088/
The breathless post by RoyalT12 about how strongly some members of the Capitol Police felt about Jan. 6 is unsurprisingly followed by a large amount of money thrown at their institution.
Also, interesting to note that $5 billion was considered to be too expensive to build walls on the Southern Border, but $2 billion here on a much smaller problem is considered nothing.
