6

15,732.00

94,392.00

15,752.00

94,512.00

7

16,805.00

117,635.00

16,826.00

117,782.00

60

17,877.00

1,072,620.00

17,900.00

1,072,620.00

17

21,453.00

364,701.00

21,480.00

365,160.00

Mr. HARDING. Our budget only reflects raises which are the result of longevity and the cost of living increase which all legislative employees enjoyed last October.

Mr. COUGHLIN. May I interrupt to point out that the figure for the compensation and mileage for members is perhaps the slowest growing figure having gone from 20 million in 1970, to 27 million for 1978, and the figure for this year is still 27 million. I believe I am correct.

Mr. HARDING. That is correct. In fact, it is a little bit less than it was. This is the first full year we have had of any adjustment in pay. As I mentioned, for the immediate Office of the Sergeant at Arms on page 26 of the committee print, there is a detailed breakdown for my office such as you just referred to on page 24 for the Clerk's office. We have one new position reflected in my immediate office. This position was created by action of the House Administration Committee. It is the counsel to the police chief and became necessary because of the many legal problems which now confront the police department. In my opinion, it is one of the best moves we have made. We are now being cautious before we step instead of paying the consequences of the aftereffect. It was a very good move and we are fortunate in having such a well qualified individual in that position.

If there are no further questions as to my immediate office, I will ask the chief to present our request for the Capitol Police.

Mr. COUGHLIN. Mr. Chairman.

Mr. SHIPLEY. Yes, Mr. Coughlin.

Mr. COUGHLIN. May I just ask you to provide for the record the ten year schedule of the employees of the Sergeant at Arms. Mr. HARDING. I will submit that as soon as possible.

Mr. HARDING. The congressman is referring to the immediate office, is that correct?

Mr. COUGHLIN. Yes.

REMARKS BY CHIEF OF CAPITOL POLICE FORCE

Chief POWELL. Mr. Chairman, I have a brief summation which would be better than me rambling on.

Mr. SHIPLEY. You may proceed.

Chief POWELL. Mr. Chairman, the amount requested for the Capitol Police for operational expenditures for fiscal year 1979 is $750,100 as compared with $724,800 for fiscal year 1978.

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

This proposed budget for fiscal 1979 reflects an increase of approximately 3 percent due to the prevalent rate of inflation. În conformity with what I am sure to be the wishes of this committee, this proposed budget is very conservative. No major changes or new programs have been included in this request, only a very limited amount for certain necessary replacement of equipment which has become obsolete. In brief summation, the proposed operational budget for fiscal 1979 is as follows:

Office equipment and supplies, $25,000. The amount planned for this item is $7,700 less than was planned in fiscal year 1978.

LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING

Laundry and dry cleaning, $15,200. The increased utilization of fabrics in uniforms which can be laundered in the home has been reflected in a decrease in the expenses associated with this item. Mr. SHIPLEY. Let me interrupt.

Those women policemen's attire sure looks a lot nicer than it did in the past.

Chief POWELL. Thank you. We are proud of them.

COMMUNICATIONS

Communications, $123,000. A $5,980 reduction has been planned in this item as a result of the termination of a maintenance contract. This function has been taken over by our own personnel. I would like to comment a little on that. We probably will save a little money, but for the best part we will provide more efficient maintenance ourselves than by a contract arrangement.

VEHICLES

Vehicles, $82,000. The reduction in this item is explained by the fact that we plan no expansion of vehicular fleet in fiscal year 1979 (as we have done in recent years), plus an improvement in our preventive maintenance program.

We are doing more of that ourselves, also.

ALLOWANCE FOR SECRETARY

Allowance for secretary to the police board, $480. There is no change in this item.

UNIFORMS & EQUIPMENT

Uniforms and equipment, $294,400. There is a $2,160 increase projected for this item over fiscal year 1978 which is a most nominal amount to plan for with regard to the constant increase in prices.

This includes all prices for uniforms, shirts, trousers, et cetera. Included in this are other items such as traffic cones and various other things we have to use that are actually not uniforms but equipment associated with the needs of our department.

INVESTIGATION DIVISION

Investigation division, $55,000. An increase of $14,500 has been projected for this item over fiscal year 1978. Of this increase almost all is for operational, expendable items which are required as a result of the additional duties which have been imposed upon the personnel assigned there.

There are several factors there. One, we have a counter-surveillance unit which we keep abreast, hopefully, of the times and the needs and equipment which becomes obsolete as other equipment is developed to circumvent our present equipment. And so we have to keep abreast of that. This will serve to start us in that dirction.

TRAINING

Training, $110,000. The increase in this item of $18,300 is represented by one main expense, that which is planned for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center of Glynco, Georgia. In fiscal year 1978 our budget for this training is $79,700; for fiscal year 1979 it will be $91,800, an increase of $12,100 to train new personnel, retrain older personnel and to provide specialized training for others.

Mr. SHIPLEY. How many officers do you have now who have attended the training center for one course of training session or another? How many have attended would you say?

Chief POWELL. I do not have that exact figure here. Actually, around 500.

Last year we trained a total, trained or retrained-this included some for a week or less-actually a total of 1,038 officers attended some type of training program; they did not all go to Georgia. Recruit officers spend eight weeks in Georgia, then another eight weeks here.

In addition to that, we have some men on the force, through no fault of theirs or ours, who have been on for years and actually when they were hired, quite frankly, we didn't have an adequate training program. We don't want to say we are sending them to rookie school, that's not the case. We are sending them to Glynco for four weeks; five classes of approximately 25 each. Providing training for there officers has caused some increases in costs. The people who operate the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center are Federal employees of the Treasury Department. With the location of the center in Georgia, it costs us more. However, the grand total picture of the cost for all agencies is no more than if it were located here.

Mr. SHIPLEY. I didn't take exception to the training program. I just wondered who had participated.

Mr. HARDING. I might just say, Mr. Chairman, I would hope any member who gets in the area of the training camp at Glynco take the opportunity to visit it, it is the finest police training facility in the country; it is called the West Point of the police community. It is an old Navy base modified and taken over for this purpose. It is a wonderful institution. Unfortunately, few people know of it. Mr. COUGHLIN. It is operated by whom, basically?

Chief POWELL. The Treasury Department. Mr. Harding is on the Board of Directors. Of course, again, it necessitates our travel to and from the training center, every six or eight weeks.

Mr. BENJAMIN. Do they send all the District of Columbia policemen there?

Chief POWELL. No, it is only for Federal, the White House Police, the Uniformed Division of the Secret Service, all the deputy marshals, the Park Ranger Service. The last I heard there are about 30 some odd agencies involved now.

Mr. BENJAMIN. That's for basic training?

Chief POWELL. Yes, sir.

Mr. BENJAMIN. It would seem your basic training would be more compatible to that given the D.C. Police and your advance training given there.

Chief POWELL. It is compatible.

Mr. BENJAMIN. Then, would it be cheaper to send them here? Chief POWELL. No, sir. I don't think it would. They are better equipped, actually, than the District of Columbia. The District actually wouldn't be physically able to accept us into their training program. If we were a smaller force maybe they could. On occasion, we do participate in District of Columbia special training or any programs that are particularly well suited for our needs.

It has improved the morale of our force by participating in activities at the Glynco facility. The only problem, as I see it-and it is a natural thing-they are so finely trained it is sort of like training a race horse and not letting him run. We have to deactivate their thinking a little bit not to expect quite as much excitement as they are geared to expect.

Mr. SHIPLEY. Let us hope not.

MISCELLANEOUS AND CONTINGENCIES

Chief POWELL. For miscellaneous and contingencies, $45,000. It is projected that the expenses related to this item will be increased by $8,000 over that projected in fiscal year 1978. This is related, in part, to the increase in training as related above for the FLETC. In addition, some of the increase is related to travel expenses for the Special Investigations personnel.

I might add that all of our travel funds, not specifically identified with training-is included in this item.

WORKLOAD AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CAPITOL POLICE FORCE

Mr. Chairman, included within the area of our responsibility are approximately 195 acres of ground-I might just add here, I have included various activities of the police. If you would prefer me eliminating the reading of this, I will.

Mr. SHIPLEY. We are acquainted with it, but let us put it in the record, Chief.

Chief POWELL [continuing]. Twenty buildings or portions thereof, with a total of 76 entrance-ways, and consisting of a total of 7,584,788 square feet.

There is a total of 492 fixed posts which requires the assignment of 820 officers. These assignments are exclusive of all administra