The assault of a president s son led to the creation of the U.S. Capitol Police
Gillian Brockell and Paul Duggan, The Washington Post
April 3, 2021
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The U.S. Capitol in an 1846 daguerreotype.Library of Congress image by John Plumbe
It began with a single watchman hired to safeguard the new Capitol building in the country s new capital in 1800. John Golding was the first member of what eventually became the U.S. Capitol Police, a force that grew to 2,300 officers over the course of the next two centuries.
On Friday, one officer, Billy Evans, was killed and another officer was injured when they were rammed by a vehicle near the Capitol.
It began with a single watchman hired to safeguard the new Capitol building in the country's new capital in 1800. John Golding was the first member of what eventually became the US Capitol Police, a force that grew to 2,300 officers over the course of the next two centuries.
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Relatives, friends and colleagues recall Capitol officer s heroism
Peter Hermann, Rachel Weiner, Joe Heim and Tom Jackman, The Washington Post
Jan. 8, 2021
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WASHINGTON - He supported Donald Trump. She supported Hillary Clinton.
But in the midst of the 2016 election, Brian Sicknick, an officer with the U.S. Capitol Police, and Caroline Behringer, an adviser for a liberal congresswoman, found common ground.
They met mornings at an entrance to the Capitol, she headed to her office, he protecting those doing the people s work. They chatted about unwinding in the outdoors and joked about being on opposite sides of the political divide tearing the nation apart.