The police union warned there would not be the same ''trust and commitment' among private security.
One solution proposed by the department is to bring on private security officers. Manger said they have identified posts where they do not need Capitol Police officers.
"We need to hire more officers—period," chairman Gus Papathanasiou said in the statement."The last thing we need are private security contractors who are not trained to our standards. It's a recipe for disaster. In law enforcement, we have to trust the men and women next to us.
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