Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Requests for Senate Security and Capitol Police

• •The Sergeant at Arms requested $210.7 million for FY2019, an increase of $2.1 million over FY2018.
• •The U.S. Capitol Police requested $456.4 million for FY2019, an increase of $29.9 million over FY2018.
• •The Capitol Police request includes funding for 72 additional sworn officers and 21 civilians.
• •The total proposed Capitol Police force size is 2,015 sworn officers and 441 civilians.
• •The Capitol Police general expenses request of $81.6 million includes funding for new body armor and weapons.
• •The Sergeant at Arms budget includes nine full-time equivalent (FTE) contract conversions and a new Chief of Data Security position.
• •The Sergeant at Arms manages security for 473 state-level Senate offices.
• •The Sergeant at Arms monitored over 360 incidents in 2017 via the Capitol Police Command Center.
• •The Sergeant at Arms provided security support for 147 public events attended by Senators in 2017.

This hearing outlines the proposed $667.1 million in combined funding for the Senate Sergeant at Arms and Capitol Police, which directly impacts the security infrastructure, staffing levels, and cybersecurity protections for the U.S. Capitol and state-level Senate offices.

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.