Capitol Police chief says threats against members of Congress 'still too high' despite drop in case numbers
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By Jack Forrest, CNN The US Capitol Police’s threat investigations dropped in 2022 for the first time in five years but the agency’s police chief said the number of threats against members of Congress is “still too high.
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Direct threats or “concerning statements” made against members of Congress decreased in 2022, reversing an upward trend over “the last couple of decades,” the US Capitol Police said Tuesday.
By Jack Forrest, CNN The US Capitol Police’s threat investigations dropped in 2022 for the first time in five years but the agency’s police chief said the number of threats against members of Congress is “still too high.
The number of investigations U.S. Capitol Police opened into threats toward members of Congress decreased in 2022 but remains “historically high,” the department said in a press release on Tuesday.
The number of threats investigated by U.S. Capitol Police has dropped from a record high in 2021 — the year that a mob attacked the building — but the threat level remains near historic highs.
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