Yogananda Pittman Wiki – Yogananda Pittman Biography
Yogananda Pittman, who joined the department in 2001 and rose through the ranks, will serve as acting chief after the resignation of Chief Steven Sund. Pittman is the assistant chief of police for protective and intelligence operations. In 2012, Pittman was one of the first African American female supervisors to attain the rank of captain, according to the department.
Pittman graduated from Morgan State with a bachelor of science degree in psychology in 1991. Pittman was one of the first African-American female supervisors to attain the rank of captain, the site says.
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Morgan alumna named acting chief of US Capitol Police after the riot
U.S. Capitol Police have a new acting chief after the chief announced he would resign in the wake of the Capitol riot.
Assistant Chief Yogananda Pittman will be the acting chief, the department said. She joined the department in 2001, rose through the ranks and is Assistant Chief for Protective and Intelligence Operations, the Capitol Police website says. Capitol Police announced Thursday that Chief Steven Sund would resign effective Jan. 16. He already has left, News4 reported.
US Capitol Police confirm chief Steve Sund, who’d announced he’d resign effective Jan 16, is already gone.
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 10, 2021
As of Friday, the U.S. Capitol Police Board, which oversees security on Capitol Hill, was down to just one member following the riot. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell asked for and received the resignation of Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate Michael Stenger effective immediately. Longtime Sergeant-at-Arms of the House Paul Irving also resigned. The only Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton remained on the board, which oversees a half-billion-dollar budget and thousands of employees.
Pittman joined the board. Its new acting head is Jennifer Hemingway, who also is serving as acting Senate sergeant at arms.
“This appointment is notable for our nation and our university, as she will be the first woman and first African American to hold the post of leading the USCP,” Morgan State University President David Wilson said in a statement.
The appointment comes days after a mob of Trump supporters outnumbered U.S. Capitol Police officers and broke through police barriers, smashed windows, and paraded through the halls of Congress. More than a dozen people face federal charges and dozens more were also arrested.
Several people died during Wednesday’s riot, including U.S. Capitol Police Officers Brian Sicknick, who died from injuries sustained during the attack, and Howard Liebengood, who died while off duty.
Ashli Babbitt, 35, was fatally shot by a U.S. Capitol Police officer as officials said she tried to climb into a broken window outside the House speaker’s library. Officials said Babbitt is an Air Force veteran from San Diego who briefly lived in Huntington, Calvert County.
U.S. Capitol Police identified three others who died from medical emergencies as Kevin Greeson, 55, of Athens, Alabama; Rosanne Boyland, 34, of Kennesaw, Georgia; and Benjamin Phillips, 50, of Ringtown, Pennsylvania.