let me read from the report, gretta goodwin. prior to the attack, the cpu provided training did not specifically cover large-scale demonstrations such as what was seen during the january 6 attack, when many demonstrators were noncompliant or violence. according to capitol police officials, while the training discusses the possibility for the crowds to become violent, it poses -- focuses on the types of crowds they may see at the complex. such crowds may be large, over 1000 demonstrators, but are generally peaceful, with only a few noncompliant participants. what did you hear from the police officers about this training and what they actually encountered that day? guest: we surveyed all capitol police officers who were on the capitol complex. 315 officers completed our survey, so we heard from 315 officers on the ground that day. we asked them about the training they received, whether they thought the training was sufficient. we got nixed reviews about how well prepared they felt they were for the crowds that showed up on that da

host: joining us this morning is gretta goodwin, from the government accountability office . gao recently conducted a report looking at u.s. capitol security following the january 6 attack. ms. goodwin, what was the scope of your report? guest: good morning and thank you for having me. for this report, we wanted to get a better sense and a better understanding for how the capitol police officers themselves, what their experiences were on that day. we had four questions we were interested in. with the first question we wanted to know, what were the preparations like? how did the capitol police prepare? how did they prepare their officers for crowd control techniques or any sort of demonstration? we wanted to see what that was like before january 6, because depending on the training for any demonstration, that is what we would have seen on that day. the second question we were interested in looks at the uses of force that happened on january 6. what types of force the police officers engaged in on that day. the third question, we were really interested in getting the perspective

let me read from the report, gretta goodwin for prior to the january 6th attack, cdu provided training, the cdu provided training did not specifically cover large-scale demonstrations such as what was seen during the january 6th attack. when many demonstrators were noncompliant or violent. according to capitol police officials, while the trend discusses the possibility for crowds to become violent it focuses on the types of crowds the capitol police typically see. crowds may be large over 1000 demonstrators that are generally peaceful, with only a few noncompliant participants. what did you hear from the police officers about this training and then what they actually encountered that day? >> guest: we surveyed all capitol police officers who were on the capitol complex and january 6th of 2021. 315 completed our survey. we heard from 315 officers were on the ground that day. what we heard we asked them about the training they received we asked them whether they thought the trading with sufficient. some of of the things we heard we got mixed reviewed about how well prepared they felt the

host: joining us this morning is gretta goodwin, from the government accountability office . the gao recently conducted a report looking at u.s. capitol security following the january 6 attack. ms. goodwin, what was the scope of your report? guest: good morning and thank you for having me. for this report, we wanted to get a