Review of Compliance with United States Capitol Police Hiring Standards

At the request of the Chief of Police (Chief), the Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a review to determine if the Department complied with its directive to conduct periodic criminal history checks to ensure that United States Capitol Police (USCP) employees had not engaged in criminal conduct that could be detrimental to their employment. OIG conducted this review to determine whether (1) the 42 employees with criminal history prior to their employment with USCP fully disclosed that history during the pre-employment screening process, (2) the Department fully vetted such disclosed information during the pre-employment screening process, and (3) the 16 employees with criminal complaints during their employment with USCP complied with USCP directives, which requires the employee to report incidents through their cognizant chain of command.