Police Shortage Prompts Capitol to Begin Using Security Contractors

U.S. Capitol Police officers on the East Front Plaza after a morning roll call on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 6, 2022. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS

By Chris Marquette From CQ-Roll Call

WASHINGTON—Contract security officers were set to start work on May 2 as part of a new program to help alleviate staffing shortages within the Capitol Police, according to a letter from the Capitol Police Board to lawmakers and staff obtained by CQ Roll Call.