The U.S. Capitol Police and the Library of Congress Police are merging. You mean they were totally separate? The two institutions are literaly across the street from one another. Of course, this never would have happened if 9/11 hadn't created an "urgency" about it. Really? Seven years to cross the street?
Apparently if we want to slow down the terrorists, all we have to do is give them badges. Then they couldn't coordinate their way out of a paper bag.
The capitol has (and I'll forget some) numerous separate forces: DC, U.S. Marshalls, U.S. Mint, FBI police (not to be confused with the agents themselves), Pentagon, Library of Congress, Supreme Court, Secret Service (uniformed and plain clothes), and the Parks Department police. I believe that Justice also has their own force. That's around 10 different forces. Shouldn't there a move to combine them all, except maybe SS?
I'm told that Freshmen at GWU are reminded during orientation that they fall under the jurisdiction of something like 7 separate police forces - not sure of the accuracy of this, but here goes:
ReplyDeleteDC Police
GWU Police
FBI Police
Secret Service
National Park Police
Metro (WMATA) Police
Capitol Police