A former Maryland and Virginia law enforcement official was picked to be the U.S. Capitol Police‘s new chief more than six months after the Jan. 6 riot rocked the federal law enforcement agency.

J. Thomas Manger, who served from 2004 to 2019 in Montgomery County, Maryland, was selected for the role after an intensive search from the department’s board, which includes the House and Senate sergeant-at-arms and the Architect of the Capitol, according to the Associated Press, which cited four sources.

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