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New Capitol Police chief says officers testifying next week need to be heard By Nikole Killion, Cassidy McDonald
Updated on: July 24, 2021 / 8:28 PM / CBS News New Capitol Police Chief discusses reform
The new chief of the U.S. Capitol Police said the officers testifying next week about the January 6 assault on the Capitol building need to be heard. I think we need to pay close attention to what they re saying, said Thomas Manger, the former police chief in Montgomery County, Maryland, who was sworn into his new position on Friday.
In an interview with CBS News, Manger said he absolutely supports the Capitol Police officers who are slated to speak on Tuesday at the first meeting of the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack.
July 24, 2021
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Former Montgomery County police chief Tom Manger was sworn in on Friday as the new chief of the U.S. Capitol Police.
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Two years after retiring as Montgomery County’s police chief, Tom Manger says he is focused in his new role on making sure the U.S. Capitol Police aren’t defined by the violent insurrection of Jan. 6.
Manger, 66, was sworn in as chief of the Capitol police on Friday on the steps of the Capitol. The former Montgomery County chief of 15 years inherits the role more than six months after the January attack.
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The new chief of the U.S. Capitol Police on Friday defended the beleaguered agency, saying that the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection should not define the department and that necessary changes to its procedures have been made in the months since. I know how good this U.S. Capitol Police Department is. I know the kind of work that these men and women have done over the years, Tom Manger, who has four decades of experience in law enforcement and who started in his new role on Friday, said in an interview with NPR. It has been frustrating for me, as well as the men and women in this department, that people have, I guess, have defined them by one day, he continued. It s not fair, and it s certainly not accurate. This is a great police department. And yes, Jan. 6 demonstrated that there were some things that needed to be done that would make this police department better, and those recommendations have been taken to heart.
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Tom Manger, a veteran police chief of departments in the Washington, D.C., region, is seen Friday as he takes over the United States Capitol Police. J. Scott Applewhite/AP
The new chief of the U.S. Capitol Police on Friday defended the beleaguered agency, saying that the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection should not define the department and that necessary changes to its procedures have been made in the months since. I know how good this U.S. Capitol Police Department is. I know the kind of work that these men and women have done over the years, Tom Manger, who has four decades of experience in law enforcement and who started in his new role on Friday, said in an interview with NPR.