United States Capitol Police

Overview
The United States Capitol Police (USCP) is a federal law enforcement agency charged with protecting the United States Congress within the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its territories. The USCP is one of the few federal police forces responsible to the legislative branch of the U.S. government.

Deaths in the line of duty
One USCP officer, Sergeant Christopher Eney, was killed in a training accident in 1984.

Two USCP officers have been killed in the line of duty. A mentally disturbed gunman named Russell Eugene Weston, Jr., killed Officer Jacob Chestnut and Detective John Gibson in a shootout on July 24, 1998. Chestnut and Gibson were laid in honor in the Rotunda before burial in Arlington National Cemetery. (Chestnut was the first African American ever to lie in honor in the Rotunda.)

Also see

 * Serjeant-at-arms (UK and Commonwealth)