Ourofficersfoughtvaliantlyusingbatons, shields, chemicalmunitionsandpepperballguns, toeholdbacktheAttackers, CapitolPoliceandrespondinglawenforcementagenciesshowedtremendousrestraintbynotusingtheirfirearms, whichwouldhavelikelyleadto a morechaoticsituationand a possiblemasscasualtyincident.
NocivilianlawenforcementagencytoincludetheUnitedStatesCapitolPoliceistrainedorequippedtorepelaninsurrectionofthousandsofindividualsfocusedonbreaching a buildingatallcosts.
Buttheformer U S HousesergeantatArms, PaulIrving, deniedtheauthoritieshadrejectedhavingtheNationalGuarddeployedattheUSCapitolbecauseitmightlookbad, sayingtheintelligencedidnotwarnthetroops.
Theintelligencedidnotwarrantthatifthechieforanyothersecurityleaderhadexpresseddoubtaboutourreadiness, withouttheNationalGuard, I wouldnothavehesitatedtorequestthem.
Itstartedarmstagger, and I wereconfidentintheChiefsplan, and I didwhatever I couldtoensurethatchiefsonhadthesupportneededtoprepareandexecutethatsecurityplan.