article_snippet: Though Capitol Police refused to lift the ban - citing the fact that there are 20,000 yearly sledding injuries - no arrests have yet been made.
article_snippet: This man added that This man had been warned by police to stop sledding but was not detained for persisting. '
article_snippet: Sledding has been prohibited on Capitol Hill for security reasons since the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
article_snippet: Capitol Police have not made any arrests but reminded residents that there are 20,000 yearly sledding injuries .
article_snippet: Capitol Police remains covered in snow after a storm on Thursday, which was part of a huge system stretching from Texas to New England.
article_snippet: The District of Columbia's non-voting delegate to Congress, Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton, wrote to Capitol Police officials on Wednesday, asking Capitol Police officials briefly lift the grounds' sledding ban to take advantage of the late-winter snow.
article_snippet: That was turned down by Frank Larkin, the Senate sergeant at arms who heads the Capitol Police Board, citing security concerns that made the area 'not your typical neighborhood hill or playground.'
article_snippet: Yet by early afternoon, the sled riding was unimpeded by Capitol police officers, who maintained their usual posts around the building. '
highlights_snippet: Sledding has been banned in Washington, D.C., since September 2001 .
  
highlights_snippet: Police warned sledders not to but have yet to arrest anybody .