Aide to D.C. Police Chief to Head U.S. Capitol Force
Terrance W. Gainer, who became a familiar face on national TV discussing the Chandra Levy case, has been hired as chief of the U.S. Capitol Police. He will start Monday.
The Capitol Police Board selected Gainer, 54, from among 70 candidates to fill the $140,000-a-year position, which has been vacant since James J. Varey retired May 10. The selection was announced Wednesday.
Since 1998, Gainer has served as executive assistant chief of police in the District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department. As second to Chief Charles H. Ramsey, Gainer has become a familiar figure, publicly discussing the disappearance of Levy, a former federal intern whose remains were found last week.
Gainer is a former Chicago homicide detective and lawyer.
The Capitol Police force has 1,300 members to protect 535 members of Congress, five nonvoting delegates and the sprawling Capitol complex.
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