News Releases

In the winter of 2000, the US Capitol Police adopted Birney Elementary School, located at 2501 Martin Luther King Boulevard SE Washington, D.C.

The United States Capitol Police Board is pleased to announce that Deputy Chief Phillip D. Morse, Sr. has been selected to become the new Chief of the Capitol Police.

On September 26, 2006, at approximately 1:50 p.m., a pedestrian in an effort to take a short cut from the Senate to the House side entered an East Front Plaza construction gate that had been opened to facilitate positioning official vehicles.

At approximately 7:47 a.m., a vehicle breached security of the Capitol Visitor Center Construction area by running a barricade at First and Maryland Ave N.E.

In response to the declared crime emergency in the District of Columbia and a request from the U.S. Park Police, the U.S. Capitol Police will assist the U.S. Park Police in patrolling the National Mall effective July 28, 2006.

On Tuesday, July 4, 2006 at 8:00 p.m., PBS’ “A Capitol Fourth” Concert will be broadcast live from the West Lawn of the United States Capitol.

On June 16, 2006, the United States Capitol Police were notified by the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia that a District of Columbia Superior Court grand jury has declined to return an indictment in the case of the alleged assault by Representative Cynthia McKinney of United States Capitol Police Officer Paul McKenna.

On Friday, June 16th, 2006 at approximately 10:30 a.m., the United States Capitol Police arrested a juvenile in connection with the assault in the Senate parks on the son of Chief Christopher McGaffin.