The Capitol Police must expand to face a rise in threats to lawmakers’ safety, Chief Michael G. Sullivan told House appropriators on Tuesday.
The department is seeking more than $1 billion for fiscal 2027, an increase of 20 percent over current levels and its largest request to date.
This was Sullivan’s first budget hearing since his hiring as chief last June, after serving as interim leader of the Phoenix Police Department. His hiring came as Capitol Police leadership has continued to face scrutiny over its handling of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and some embarrassing lapses that let guns through security checkpoints.
