section_path: Planning/Security and operations
section_name: Security and operations
paragraph_text: Security and operations
  
  In October 2024, the United States Capitol Police conducted an intelligence assessment that concluded an activist group "with a history of large-scale demonstrations involving illegal activity plans to protest the Inauguration regardless of the outcome" and that other groups protesting the Israel–Hamas war were "nearly certain to target the Inauguration" regardless of who would be elected president. According to the New York Times, organizers of the 2017 Women's March were committed to recreating it under the refreshed branding "People's March". On January 18, thousands participated in the march, but turnout fell short of the expected 50,000 attendees.
  
  Agencies expected to be involved with planning of the ceremony include the U.S. Capitol Police, the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police, and the U.S. Park Police. Twenty-four states offered National Guard support for the electoral vote certification and inaugural ceremonies.
  
  On January 17, approximately 8,000 National Guard soldiers were deputized as special deputy United States marshals, providing them police authority within Washington, D.C.
  
  In October 2024, the United States Capitol Police conducted an intelligence assessment that concluded an activist group "with a history of large-scale demonstrations involving illegal activity plans to protest the Inauguration regardless of the outcome" and that other groups protesting the Israel–Hamas war were "nearly certain to target the Inauguration" regardless of who would be elected president. According to the New York Times, organizers of the 2017 Women's March were committed to recreating it under the refreshed branding "People's March". On January 18, thousands participated in the march, but turnout fell short of the expected 50,000 attendees.
  
  Agencies expected to be involved with planning of the ceremony include the U.S. Capitol Police, the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police, and the U.S. Park Police. Twenty-four states offered National Guard support for the electoral vote certification and inaugural ceremonies.
  
  On January 17, approximately 8,000 National Guard soldiers were deputized as special deputy United States marshals, providing them police authority within Washington, D.C.