The Capitol Police Board has designated a new acting chief of police after the department’s previous chief resigned in the wake of last week’s breach of the U.S. Capitol.
Yogananda Pittman, who joined the agency in 2001, has been named as acting Capitol chief of police, according to a statement. Pittman joined the U.S. Capitol Police Department (USCP) in 2001 and rose through the ranks to the post of assistant chief for protective and intelligence operations. She is the first woman and the first African American to lead the law enforcement agency, USCP says.
