Published on: Sunday, January 17, 2021

Nearly 30 sworn police officers from a dozen departments attended the pro-Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol last week, and several stormed the building with rioters and are facing federal criminal charges as well as possible expulsion or other discipline (available here). 

The officers are from departments large and small. There was a veteran officer in Houston, the nation's eighth-largest department; a sergeant in the small town of Rocky Mount, Va., and seven Philadelphia transit officers. In Seattle, two police officers who attended the rally are also under investigation. The New York Police Department is looking into allegations one of their officers was among the rioters.