{"id":58117,"date":"2021-12-15T17:06:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T17:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/12\/15\/capitol-hill-police-can-request-national-guard-backup-quicker-under-new-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:12:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:12:28","slug":"capitol-hill-police-can-request-national-guard-backup-quicker-under-new-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/12\/15\/capitol-hill-police-can-request-national-guard-backup-quicker-under-new-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitol Hill police can request National Guard backup quicker under new plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capitol Hill security officials will be able to more quickly request emergency aid from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/05\/23\/national-guard-mission-to-provide-security-ending-at-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Guard troops<\/a> under a measure finalized by Congress on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move comes nearly a year after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/03\/03\/guard-waited-more-than-three-hours-for-approval-to-respond-to-capitol-riots-official-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">assault on the Capitol building<\/a> by protestors intent on disrupting the certification of the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As crowds overwhelmed the undermanned Capitol Hill police force, reinforcements from the District of Columbia National Guard were slowed in their response because of rules regarding formal requests for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new legislation will allow the leaders from the U.S. Capitol Police to request help from the District of Columbia Guard without prior approval of the Capitol Police Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/05\/23\/national-guard-mission-to-provide-security-ending-at-capitol\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21071860861046.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">National Guard mission to provide security ending at Capitol<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Pentagon announced earlier in the week that an extension of the Guard presence \u2014 2,149 troops \u2014 had not been requested.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[The Jan. 6 attack] showed us that every minute counts during an emergency,\u201d said Sen. 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