$294,400.00 $ 82,500.00 $92,045.00 $ 50,000.00 UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT This item will remain the same as INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION Because of additional services and duties associated with this unit, operational and expendable items required to perform adequately have TRAINING This allocation represents the cost at the Federal Law Enforcement It is projected that the expenses related to this item will be increased Mr. Chairman, as you are aware it is the responsibility of the U. S. Capitol Police to provide appropriate security for the Legislative Branch of Government in order that it may perform its legislative functions free from threats of violence while at the same time preserving the constitutional rights of all citizens to peacefully assemble and express themselves regarding matters on which they seek Congressional action. During Calendar Year 1978 the Capitol Police were called upon to furnish additional police services for 272 different committees or subcommittees, Members offices or for other miscellaneous functions within the Capitol complex, requesting a total of 9,588 officers totalling 51,092 man-hours. For special events, such as Joint Sessions and Joint Meetings, visits by foreign Heads of State, demonstrations and other various functions, we had requests requiring 14,107 officers for 83,817 man-hours. We received 271 requests for counter surveillance services from 38 different sources untilizing 1,150 officers for 3,994 man-hours. Due to various requests or as a result of certain intelligence, we responded to 205 bomb related inspections, utilizing 650 officers for a total of 1,828 man-hours. During 1978 a total of 99,665 manhours of training was provided through the recruit training program, retraining and specialized training programs. Additionally, 26 members of the Capitol Police force have now graduated from the F. B. I. National Academy, and, of course, we are planning for continued participation in this very fine training facility. During the past several years there has been a definite trend toward militancy and acts of terrorism on a World wide basis. In an effort to be prepared for emergency situations resulting from gatherings of potentially violent groups, the U. S. Capitol Police have maintained close liaison with other law enforcement agencies and have benefitted from available intelligence. Due to the retirement of members of the Metropolitan Police Department assigned to the U. S. Capitol Police at the direction of the respective Sergeants at Arms, certain Metropolitan Police personnel already serving in supervisory capacities in the Investigations Division were designated as follows: 2 as Acting Captains 2 as Acting Lieutenants 2 as Acting Detective Sergeants In order to more appropriately compensate these individual officers in line with their responsibilities, I submitted a letter of recommendation to the Chairman of the Capitol Police Board, dated January 29, 1979. With your approval, Mr. Chairman, I would like to submit a copy of this letter for the consideration of the Committee in the Supplemental Appropriation for fiscal 1979. Mr. Chairman, I thank you and will attempt to answer any questions. Chief POWELL. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First, I wholeheartedly say that I appreciate the opportunity to appear before your committee. I appreciate, as Mr. Harding has indicated, the wonderful support that the Capitol Police have gotten from this committee and the Congress and hope we can continue to serve in a satisfactory manner. Without reading this in depth, if you would care for me to do so, I would be glad to summarize. In summary, as this indicates, our total budget operation is an increase of 7.33 percent over 1979. Some items have increased a little more than that. Others have decreased slightly. With some, there has been no change. We have made every effort to present a conservative budget, and I think we have, considering the times and the items referred to. POLICE RESPONSIBILITIES Mr. Chairman, if I might just summarize very briefly, the responsibilities of the Capitol Police, I think, are much greater. They certainly have gotten much more involved than when I first came to the Capitol 20 years ago. As you are well aware, worldwide conditions have seemed to promote tensions and potentially violent groups. Several years ago we would have not been required to take such precautions as are required today. On that basis a great deal of our overtime is caused by dealing with these certain situations that we didn't deal with many years ago. With that, I will attempt to answer any questions that the members have. POLICE OVERTIME Mr. BENJAMIN. Let me ask a couple questions and then we will open it up to other questions. The overtime pay for the Capitol Police has been increased from $695,000 in fiscal year 1979 to $1 million in fiscal year 1980. When you testified last year, you indicated that it required about $1 million for the House and Senate in calendar year 1977. Now you have got that $1 million just for the House. Chief POWELL. Yes, sir, I will attempt to. One of the reasons for the difference between the House and the Senate, you have more personnel on the House rolls, due to the larger complexity of the buildings and the various possibilities. It outnumbers the Senate side slightly, and so on these various occasions when it is necessary to work the men overtime, you would have more House members of the force working overtime than you do in the Senate, so that accounts for the difference. We do have what I call a planned overtime projection, which I think is not actually economically feasible. In order for us to man the posts that appear to be proper, and I might add that I don't believe any posts are covered on the Hill that aren't at the specific designation of the Capitol Police Board which has had an opportunity to review these and in some cases we respond to various committees or members' offices as seems necessary to do various things, that is going to cause us to have some planned overtime. However, I think that should be replaced, as much as I hate to say it, with some additional personnel. However, as we are doing at this time, all days off are canceled and members of the force are working 12 hours a day. Mr. BENJAMIN. At this present time? Chief POWELL. At this present time. Mr. BENJAMIN. May I ask why? Chief POWELL. Yes, sir. I was born and raised on a farm and I don't mean this as any reflection on the farm movement, but that is what it is all about. COSTS DUE TO AGRICULTURAL PROTEST Mr. BENJAMIN. How much additional cost are we going to be having because of the farmers here? How many farmers are left? Chief POWELL. There are about 476 tractors as of yesterday. However, we had a meeting yesterday with the chiefs of police involved and the city government involved and the Interior Department. Their permit for occupying that area will expire tomorrow. It will not be renewed, and some steps will have to be taken. Mr. BENJAMIN. At the height of this gathering, how many people did they have, how many farmers? Chief POWELL. They had a little over 2,000 initially. Mr. BENJAMIN. And how long have you had your police officers on 12-hour duty? Chief POWELL. We have been on 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. We started February 5. Mr. BENJAMIN. That is nearly a month. Chief POWELL. Yes, sir. We are running close to $75,000 a day average. Some days it is less, some, more. Mr. BENJAMIN. In other words, since February 5 it has cost an additional $75,000 a day. Chief POWELL. Yes, sir. Mr. BENJAMIN. Does that include anything besides salaries? Chief POWELL. No, sir, that is salaries. We did expend other funds for about 5 or 6 days, due to the fact that we were unable to allow the men to leave their posts to eat. We bought box lunches and delivered them on posts. Since then we have arranged to take orders and use vehicles to pick up whatever lunches. But the men have been going through as difficult period, as you are well aware I am sure with all this snow and cold, we have had a tremendous |