The former Montgomery and Fairfax county chief came out of retirement after the Jan. 6 riots and built up the Capitol Police intelligence and civil disturbance units.

Chief J. Thomas Manger will retire from the U.S. Capitol Police on May 2, his office announced Tuesday. Manger took over the Hill’s police force in 2021 in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack that saw the Capitol breached by rioting supporters of President Donald Trump,

U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger is retiring in early May after serving more than four decades in law enforcement.  Manger, who was hired after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol,

The U.S. Capitol police chief, who took over the department following the Jan. 6 riot, and led the police force in Montgomery and Fairfax counties, said Tuesday that he is retiring in May.

J. Thomas Manger took over as Capitol Police Chief following resignations after the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection.