{"id":174330,"date":"2021-02-25T15:55:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T20:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=174330"},"modified":"2021-02-25T20:13:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T01:13:49","slug":"acting-capitol-police-chief-says-protocols-were-not-followed-on-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/acting-capitol-police-chief-says-protocols-were-not-followed-on-jan-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting Capitol Police Chief says protocols were not followed on Jan. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Facting-capitol-police-chief-says-protocols-were-not-followed-on-jan-6%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=174330&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2378812\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2378812\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2378812 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230951758-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Capitol Police Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman departs at the conclusion of a congressional tribute to the late Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick who lies in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on February 3, 2021 in Washington, DC. Officer Sicknick died as a result of injuries he sustained during the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He will lie in honor until February 3 and then be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. (Photo by Erin Schaff-Pool\/Getty Images)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2378812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Capitol Police Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman departs at the conclusion of a congressional tribute to the late Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick who lies in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on February 3, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Erin Schaff-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 4:50 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, February 25, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The House Appropriations Committee heard <a href=\"https:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/events\/hearings\/us-capitol-police-and-house-sergeant-at-arms-security-failures-hearing\">testimony<\/a> from Capitol Hill security officials about failures at the Capitol on the morning of January 6. On Thursday, Acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman provided her account of the days leading up to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>During her testimony, Pittman acknowledged \u201cincident command protocols were not adhered to as they should have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when there\u2019s a breakdown, you look for those commanders with boots on the ground to provide that instruction,\u201d Pittman stated. \u201cThat did not happen primarily because those operational commanders at the time were so overwhelmed that they started to participate and assist the officers with boots on the ground versus guidance and direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman: &#8220;On January 6th our incident command protocols were not adhered to as they should have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HerreraBeutler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HerreraBeutler<\/a>: &#8220;Why?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Full video here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WIFY1KtnsJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/WIFY1KtnsJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nK2hNxOeMB\">pic.twitter.com\/nK2hNxOeMB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1364974200939757570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>GOP Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) attacked Pittman\u2019s response. She said she wants to understand what the Capitol Police Department plans to do to prevent similar situations in the future.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2378813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2378813\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2378813 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230957767.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 3: Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) arrives to a House GOP caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on February 3, 2021 in Washington, DC. Democrats announced plans to hold a House vote Thursday on removing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) from her committee assignments. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2378813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 FEBRUARY 3: Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) arrives to a House GOP caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on February 3, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/house-approves-gender-equality-act-in-224-206-vote\/\">House Approves Gender \u2018Equality Act\u2019 In 224-206 Vote<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274257,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230951758-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Acting Capitol Police Chief says protocols were not followed on Jan. 6","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230951758-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Acting Capitol Police Chief says protocols were not followed on Jan. 6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}