Chief J. Thomas Manger will retire from the U.S. Capitol Police on May 2, his office announced Tuesday.
Manger took over the Hill’s police force in 2021 in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack that saw the Capitol breached by rioting supporters of President Donald Trump, who falsely claimed to have won the 2020 election.
After a national search, the Capitol Police Board picked Manger in July of that year to head the struggling agency after leading police departments in the Washington suburbs. Manger inherited a short-staffed force that was demoralized after the attacks and burnt out from mandatory overtime.
