Police departments across US investigating whether their own members took part in the Capitol...

Police departments across the US have launched investigations to determine whether their officers were involved in the pro-Trump riots at the US Capitol on Wednesday.

Investigations were underway in departments across Virginia and Washington DC this weekend, Reuters reported, as a wave of arrests were made for rioters who clashed with police officers and breached the halls of Congress.

In Seattle, Washington, interim Police Chief Adrian Diaz announced two of the local police department’s officers were placed on administrative leave after a probe indicated both were in DC during the violent storming of the Capitol.

Mr Diaz said that while the police department supported the right to free speech, “the violent mob and events that unfolded at the US Capitol were unlawful and resulted in the death of another police officer”.