Gov. Jared Polis is sending more than 200 Colorado National Guard troops to the U.S. Capitol next week for the inauguration of Joe Biden.
"I sure hope it's just a visibility thing. I hope that people will see the police department, the police resources there from several different police departments and that will be a deterrent to the kinds of actions that we were all devastated to see occur in our nation's Capitol last week," Polis told Colorado Matters.
Up to 21,000 National Guard troops from across the country have been authorized to assist law enforcement with security at the inauguration on Wednesday, Jan. 20, according to the Military Times.