Public Safety: Criminologists Puzzle Over D.C.’s Rising Homicide Rates; Local Reports
• August 21, 2023

Once again, rising homicide rates in the nation’s capital are drawing national attention. And criminologists are puzzling over why the District appears to be regressing relative to other major U.S. […]

Crime: City and Its Council Need to Get Real  
• August 16, 2023

On Aug. 7, Ward 8 Council member Trayon White made headlines as he suggested the use of the D.C. National Guard to combat the city’s unrelenting lawlessness and violence.  “The […]

Back-to-School Briefs, Aug. 2023
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Gearing up for Back-to-School, Georgetown students and families can look forward to new school programs and fresh faces. While D.C. public schools will begin Monday, August 28, private schools often […]

News Bytes: Microbursts, GU’s Selective Admissions, GWU Lawsuit
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Microbursts Hit Washington   A series of microbursts hit D.C. late last month, causing extensive damage around the city. A microburst occurs when a thunderstorm’s updraft collapses, sending air rushing down […]

Crime: Gun Violence Raises City Homicide Tally to 20-Year High
• August 7, 2023

In addition to police sirens wailing around the city in the early days of August, national newspaper headlines again blared messages of out-of-control shootings and homicides in the nation’s capital.  […]

Crime: Organized Theft Groups, Grim Year-to-Date Stats, Local Reports
• July 31, 2023

Compounding local crime concerns, a new illicit phenomenon – Organized Theft Groups (OTGs) – have arrived in northwest D.C., terrifying shoppers and bystanders and forcing shops and stores to hire […]

News Analysis: House Budget Riders Could Impact D.C. Funding, Voting Laws
• July 17, 2023

For months D.C. officials have been roiled by proposals from the U.S. Congress to restrict and tighten up some of the District’s crime arrest and detention policies. President Biden actually […]

Crime: New D.C. Police Chief Selected; Local Crime Report
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Historical first this morning: Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the selection of the first African-American woman as permanent Chief for the Metropolitan Police Department. Pamela A. Smith – formerly MPD’s Chief […]

D.C. Council Passes Emergency Bill to Address City’s Violent Crime
• July 13, 2023

“It cannot wait,” Ward 2 Councilwoman Brooke Pinto said as she introduced and celebrated the almost unanimous passage (12-1) of three emergency public safety bills by the D.C. Council on […]

Crime: As Shootings Mar Holiday Weekend, Mayor Searches for New Police Chief 
• June 20, 2023

Despite the Jubilation of the Father’s Day and Juneteenth weekend in the nation’s capital, gales of gun violence tore through the city as Mayor Bowser continues to search for a […]