Capitol Police chief says force remains short-staffed

U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said attrition blamed on the Jan. 6 attacks had depleted the ranks, and that they were fewer new trainees because of an extended Covid shutdown in 2020. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

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J. Thomas Manger, head of the Capitol Police, said Sunday that reforms have made his force better equipped to deal with an attack like the one that occurred last Jan. 6 but his unit is terribly short-staffed.

“We’re now really about 400 officers short of where we need to be,” Manger told host Trace Gallagher on “Fox News Sunday.”

Manger, who took over the

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