Ex-Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund , who was chief during the attempted insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021 , has written in an upcoming book that his former agency is not in a better place or on a readier footing following the deadly events of the Capitol riot.

The Washington Post s Carol Leonnig described excerpts from Sunds book , Courage Under Fire, on Sunday, including his recollection of a tense call with Pentagon leaders and his description of failures both within and outside of his own former agency.

Sund said the biggest intelligence failure happened within the U.S. Capitol Police itself.

Almost two years after the events of Jan. 6, the department is not in a better place or on a readier footing, wrote Sund, who resigned one day after the riot following pressure from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

Few people in the department feel there is a viable plan to move the agency into a better position, Sund wrote. Hundreds of officers have left the department since Jan. 6 and many feel it is only going to get worse.

Sund described his concerns over the command structure of his former agency, calling it a recipe for disaster, according to the Post. He suggested that the agencys future chiefs should be allowed to follow through on security plans on their own, rather than going through a board consisting of the House and Senate sergeants-at-arms and the Capitol architect.