U.S. Capitol Police union issues searing statement calling for removal of top leaders. “Until we have a leadership team at USCP that is willing to work hand in hand with the Union and our Officers as one team, we will continue to have systemic failures.”

Gus Papathanasiou, head of the union, said a lack of planning led to the greatest breach of the Capitol since 1812. "We have several protesters dead, multiple officers injured and the symbol of our Democracy, the U.S. Capitol, desecrated. This never should have happened.”

. @CapitolPolice union head says he witnessed events he thought he would never see. “Our officers are experienced and they are dedicated, but they lacked the immediate backup and equipment needed to control the surging crowd as events quickly spiraled out of control."

USCP union head says they were lucky it wasn't worse. "It is the view of rank-and-file Capitol Police Officers that events demand a change of leadership of the U.S. Capitol Police. Without a change at the top, we may see more events unfold like those we saw on January 6th."

USCP union head on Capitol breach: "We cannot leave our officers and the Capitol Hill community they protect, to the mercy of further attacks amid a vacuum of leadership... the lack of communication with the officers on January 6th was not an anomaly. It is part of (a) pattern."

Hours after @SpeakerPelosi and others called for his removal, U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund has submitted his resignation, effective Jan. 16: https://twitter.com/cgrisales/status/1347325189080698882?s=20