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Created by Congress in 1828, the original duty of the United States Capitol Police was to provide security for the United States Capitol Building. Today, our mission has expanded to provide the Congressional community and its visitors with the highest quality of a full range of police services. These services are provided through the use of a variety of specialty support units, a network of foot and vehicular patrols, and fixed posts. Today's Today's United States Capitol Police Officer has the primary responsibility for protecting life and property, preventing, detecting, and investigating criminal acts, and enforcing traffic regulations throughout a large complex of congressional buildings, parks, and thoroughfares. Additionally, the protection of Members of Congress, Officers of Congress, and their families is expanded by statute to the entire United States, its territories and possessions, and the District of Columbia. Selection Process
The United States Capitol Police is always interested in highly qualified applicants. An intensive selection process, which takes an average of five months to complete, involving a written examination, application review, personal interview, background investigation, polygraph examination, psychological evaluation, and medical examination helps ensure the selection of the highest quality recruit officers for our Department. | |
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