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Chief POWELL. Well, perhaps Mr. Johnson should answer that. Mr. JOHNSON. The committee recommends

Mr. ANDREWs. Which committee?

Mr. JOHNSON. The Patronage Committee recommends them. Mr. ANDREWS. So, Chief, you are overall Chief of these 194 police officers and men?

Chief POWELL. Yes, sir.

Mr. ANDREWS. How many do you have on the Senate side?

Chief POWELL. We have 142 authorized privates and 13 officers. Mr. ANDREWS. We will not go into that but that does give you a pretty big police force.

What is your jurisdiction in which you use these officers and men which gives you a total of 349 on both sides of the Capitol?

Chief POWELL. Well, it comprises the entire Capitol Grounds, which includes the various parking lots, garages, the Capitol Building and the House Office Buildings and the Senate Office Buildings. I have been told there are 155 acres in the grounds which run from the Union Station south to D Street and Canal Street Southwest and we go from some points of Third Street Northwest and Southwest over to some points of Second Street Northeast and First Street at some points. Mr. ANDREWS. Do you provide police protection for the Library of Congress?

Chief. POWELL. No, sir; not directly.

Mr. ANDREWS. Do they have a police force?

Chief POWELL. They have a guard force; yes, sir.

Mr. ANDREWS. Are they under your jurisdiction?
Chief POWELL. No, sir.

Mr. ANDREWS. How many are on that force?
Chief POWELL. I do not know.

Mr. ANDREWs. Put it in the record.

Chief POWELL. Yes, sir.

(The information follows:)

Personnel of the Guard Force, Library of Congress.—Authorized, 81; actual, 71.

Mr. ANDREWS. What about the Supreme Court Building?

Chief POWELL. They have their own force.

Mr. ANDREWS. They are not under your jurisdiction?

Chief POWELL. No, sir.

Mr. ANDREWS. Put in the record how many they have on their force. Chief POWELL. Yes, sir.

(The information follows:)

Personnel of the U.S. Supreme Court police.-Authorized, 33; actual, 27. Mr. ANDREWS. The Capitol Hill Police force is getting large. Chief POWELL. It is getting large, yes, sir. The need for men has increased considerably.

Mr. ANDREWS. Do you have any Canine Corps on your police force? Cheif POWELL. We use some of the metropolitan policemen for that. Mr. ANDREWS. How many metropolitan policemen do you have? Chief POWELL. Five Canine and in addition 10 metropolitan policemen patrol at night, Senate and House.

Mr. ANDREWS. So that is 15?

Chief POWELL. Yes. They patrol from 4 to 12.

Mr. ANDREWS. Do you have any plainclothesmen?

Chief POWELL. Yes, sir.
Mr. YATES. In addition?
Chief POWELL. Yes.

Mr. ANDREWS. How many do you have?

Chief POWELL. There is a total of 21 plainclothesmen, House and Senate. We have a total of 40 metropolitan men, on days that both Houses are in session.

Mr. ANDREWS. On both sides of the Capitol?

Chief POWELL. Yes. We have 11 plainclothesmen on the House side. Mr. ANDREWS. But a total of 40?

Chief POWELL. Yes, sir. That includes myself and all the uniform and plainclothes officers.

Mr. ANDREWS. So that is a total force up here of 304 policemen of all categories and five Canine Corps. You almost have a policeman for every Congressman.

Chief POWELL. Just about, yes, sir. Of course when we divide these men over three shifts, though, I am afraid we do not have enough. Mr. ANDREWS. I am advised that on any recent morning at about 8 a.m. there are some 13 to 15 policemen in the East Plaza area. Chief POWELL. That is true.

Mr. ANDREWS. That seems like a large number in such a small area. They do not stay there all day, do they, or do they?

Chief POWELL. No, sir. They report for duty at 7:30 in the morning. The building does not open until 9 o'clock. Those men are out there to handle the parking arrangement, which is necessary. However, most of these men are brought inside for use at various posts inside the Capitol Building, handling crowds and so forth. Just a few are left out there all day to patrol and handle the crowds as they cross the street. But they are all available early in the morning and it is necessary to use them to handle the parking before assigning them after 9 o'clock for other duties. From 7:30 until 9 o'clock they are not needed for these other posts.

Mr. ANDREWS. How many officers and men do you have on the House side total?

Chief POWELL. Our total authorization is 214 Capitol Police officers. Mr. ANDREWS. That does not include the Metropolitan Police. Could you tell me how many Metropolitan Police of all types are on the House side? You have five Canine?

Chief POWELL. I think I answered that incorrectly. The five Canine are for both the House and Senate.

Mr. ANDREWs. Give me the total officers and men on the House side. Chief POWELL. Actually we have four beats of Canine, two on the Senate side and two on the House side, and one man is the acting sergeant so we would have to say we have two Canine men assigned to the House side and two on the Senate side, and the sergeant is used for both sides. We have 10 patrolmen and the grounds, as you know, are a little more extensive on the Senate side. We have five beats on the Senate side and four beats on the House side.

Mr. ANDREWS. Give us a figure of the number of men you have on the House side and how they are deployed by shifts. I assume you have three shifts for the men?

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Chief POWELL. Yes, sir. We have 11 detectives altogether on the House side used on days the House is in session. We have six uniformed privates on the House side.

Mr. ANDREWs. Metropolitan?

Chief POWELL. Metropolitan, yes, sir. And we have two members of the Canine Corps on the House side and we have an acting sergeant who works both sides for the regular uniformed patrol, and we have an acting sergeant of the Canine Corps who works both sides. Actually, to give you a figure just for the House side it would be 20 Metropolitan men for the House side and another 20 for the Senate side. This includes 8 detectives on the House side, used only when House is in session.

Mr. ANDREWS. What does your shift run?

Chief POWELL. The Metropolitan men work from 4:00 to 12:00. They work later when necessary. They patrol the grounds at night. That applies to the Canine teams and the men on the beats.

Mr. ANDREWS. What is the busiest time for your men?

Chief POWELL. That is the busiest from the standpoint of crime and the probability of it, we have found.

Mr. ANDREWS. From 4:00 to 12:00?

Chief POWELL. Yes, sir. In the summertime as the days grow longer these men work from 5:00 to 1:00 o'clock. We have found it is more valuable to use them a little later at night.

Mr. ANDREWS. What shift do you have the most men on?

Chief POWELL. The day shift.

Mr. ANDREWS. 7:00 to 3:00?

Chief POWELL. Yes, sir.

Mr. ANDREWS. Do you feel, Chief, you have a sufficient force up here?

Chief POWELL. No, sir, I am sorry to say.

Mr. ANDREWS. That is not the answer I anticipated.

POLICE COVERAGE OF GARAGES

Chief POWELL. I appreciate that. Where one problem has arisenand this proposal has been made before the House Administration Committee-there is a need for more men for the opening of the additional garages and parking lots.

Mr. ANDREWS. You keep a man at each entrance around the clock? Chief POWELL. We would hope to. That will be a fairly desolate area there at night.

Mr. ANDREWS. You mean the new underground garages?

Chief POWELL. Yes, sir.

Mr. ANDREWS. What about the garages in the Cannon and Rayburn Buildings? Do you keep a man around the clock at the entrances?

Chief POWELL. We try to. Sometimes we are unable to do it. We are at the present time keeping one around the clock at the Rayburn Building, First Street entrance, and the Cannon Building when a man is available.

BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE OF CHIEF POWELL

Mr. ANDREWS. Chief, tell us your history with the Police Department around the District of Columbia.

Chief POWELL. I have been a member of the Metropolitan Police Department a little over 27 years. I came on the force in 1940 and I

have worked in the various ranks. I was a patrolman and scout car man and a precinct detective for 5 years and a detective sergeant on the robbery detail for 7 years. From 1953 to 1958 I was a lieutenant in charge of detectives in the third district. In 1958 I was promoted to captain and was detailed to the Capitol at that time.

Mr. ANDREWS. What is your present status?

Chief POWELL. I am a Deputy Chief with the Metropolitan Police Department.

Mr. ANDREWS. But you are paid by the House of Representatives? Chief POWELL. By the Capitol.

Mr. ANDREWS. You had a very distinguished record with the Metropolitan Police force and I am sure you have seen a very decided increase in crime in Washington since you first went on the force? Chief POWELL. Yes, sir.

CRIME SITUATION-CAPITOL HILL

Mr. ANDREWS. Tell us something about the crime situation on Capitol Hill where your men serve.

Chief POWELL. Well, it is not real bad. However, it is not as good as I would like it to be.

Mr. ANDREWS. Have any serious crimes been committed within your jurisdiction?

Chief POWELL. Yes. We had one holdup last year just before Christmas in the beauty shop in the Longworth House Office Building which has not been cleared.

Mr. ANDREWS. Did you make an arrest?

Chief POWELL. No, sir. We have not solved that case.

Mr. ANDREWs. Who was robbed?

Chief POWELL. The attendant who was on duty. One of the ladies was alone in the shop at about 5:30 in the evening and a man came in and asked her for change for a dollar. She gave him some silver and he pulled out a gun and said, "I really came to get your money." So she opened the drawer and gave it to him. He told her to stay in the room and he escaped. She did not know in what direction he made his escape. She gave us a description and we have been working on the case but have not cleared it.

Mr. ANDREWS. I will have to go answer the rollcall. You can continue questioning the Chief.

Mr. ANDREWS of North Dakota. What other major crimes were there in the last year on Capitol Hill?

Chief PoWELL. We have had some purse snatchings. We had two purse snatchings that have been cleared with four arrests. We had one reported pickpocket which was cleared by an arrest. We had a total of 10 reported grand larcenies. Two of those have been cleared by arrests. We had three stolen automobiles. One of those was recovered and an arrest made. And we have had three assaults. Two of those were cleared with arrests.

We have had a total of 76 misdemeanors and felonies reported. There have been a total of 21 arrests made in those cases.

We have found the night patrol has served well. All around the immediate area there is much more crime than on our grounds and if we did not have sufficient personnel to continue this patrol we undoubtedly would have more crime.

Mr. ANDREWS of North Dakota. The biggest responsibility you have is to prevent crime, and the fact there has not been more testifies to the fact you are doing a good job.

Chief POWELL. We hope so. We are getting some reports from around Union Station near the border of Capitol Grounds. Most of the robberies and assaults have occurred late at night.

Mr. ANDREWS of North Dakota. Around the Senate garage and in that area?

Chief POWELL. Yes, sir, but nearer Union Station.

Mr. ANDREWS of North Dakota. What concerns you most as far as potential crimes? What kind of crime are you most alert to?

Chief POWELL. Actually, yoke robberies and assaults are the most serious type. There is violence along with this type of crime.

Mr. ANDREWS of North Dakota. What percentage of your force is used, would you say, in crowd-control work, helping visitors and directing them along the way?

Chief POWELL. At least 50 percent, I would say. We did not keep statistics on this at all times but during the month of March we have kept records on our special details that required four or more men on special committee assignments or areas where additional security has been necessary. We had a total of 188 men assigned for a total of 65 hours, which amounted to 4,319 man-hours. This is equivalent to 188 men spending approximately 8 days on special details and committee assignments in addition to the various posts they have to cover regularly, such as traffic posts and so forth.

NEED FOR ADDITIONAL POLICE COVERAGE

Mr. ANDREWS of North Dakota. What assignments do you anticipate need to be filled by the additional men you are requesting? Chief POWELL. We have seven posts that we believe need to be covered 24 hours a day. One would be the exit from the Longworth Building to the upper level garage. Another would be the east exit from the Rayburn Building to the lower level garage. Another would be the west exit from the Rayburn Building to the lower level garage. These are the underground passageways to the new garages. Then a fourth post would be the entrance to the upper level garage at the street entrance on D Street and another entrance to the lower level on D Street in the next block. (If the entrances remain open 24 hours a day.) We feel we should have at least one man on duty patrolling inside each garage. These garages have three levels and they occupy about the whole block and we have only allowed for one man to patrol the entire three floors. We feel, late at night, at least one officer should be on duty patrolling there to provide some security there. So that adds up to seven posts, which, on three shifts equals 21 posts. Then we have four posts that would be occupied only 5 days per week. These are traffic posts at New Jersey and D Street SE., one man on the day shift and one man on the evening shift; at South Capitol and D Streets, the same; at Delaware and Canal and D Streets, in the mornings Canal Street is so wide, it is a dual street, and we need two men there.

Mr. ANDREWS of North Dakota. Will this be changed when the new freeway complex is completed?

Chief POWELL. To some extent it will, yes.

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