Police Agency Merger Is Official Today

By Emily Yehle
Roll Call Staff

Sept. 30, 2009, 12 a.m.

The Capitol Police department officially merges with the Library of Congress police department today, creating a unified security force for the Congressional campus after years of heated negotiations and several failed plans.

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