Crime Report: Bowser Signs Emergency Public Safety Act; Pinto, Citizens Meetings
• July 24, 2023

Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Emergency Public Safety Act into law on July 20. It aims to curb violent crime. The District Council passed the bill earlier this month. It […]

Crime: New D.C. Police Chief Selected; Local Crime Report
• July 17, 2023

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 […]

Concerts in the Park Bounces Back for Earth Day With the Soul Crackers
• April 24, 2023

The Citizens Association of Georgetown hosted Concerts in the Park on Sunday, April 23, at Rose Park, 26th & P Streets, along with the Friends of Rose Park. In honor […]

Lots of Voices at Long ANC Meeting: New Top Cop, Streets Market, Safeway, Transformers
• April 6, 2023

Democracy and community and neighborhood meetings that give everyone a voice are the basis of our country’s government by-the-people. There was no better example of that than the April 3 […]

Georgetown Cool… and Safe? 
• February 8, 2023

Georgetown is having a moment … again. Over its 272 or so years, it has reinvented itself without losing its charm or erasing its history. We, along with other Georgetowners, […]

Public Safety: Major Crimes Skewing Younger in D.C., Latest MPD Reports
• January 30, 2023

A major puzzle in the D.C. crime scene is how so many young people end up on the “wrong side of the law.” Juvenile arrests for carjacking or gun offenses […]

Crime: Surprising End-of-Year Stats, Latest MPD Reports
• November 28, 2022

It’s that time of year when the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) issues its year-end crime statistics. And some figures jump out at you.  Year-End Crime Statistics for the District In […]

Are We Normalizing Crime?   
• September 14, 2022

As we began to write this editorial, we noticed lots of commentary on the growing persistence of crime, close to home and across the nation. We noted the tragic loss […]

Wawa Shooting Rattles Georgetown
• August 31, 2022

An apparently homeless and mentally disturbed man fired shots in and outside the Wawa convenience store at 1222 Wisconsin Ave. NW around 5:15 p.m. on Aug. 30. Metropolitan Police Officers […]

Georgetown BID Employee Murdered
• August 22, 2022

On Aug. 11, MPD Second District Commander Duncan Bedlion appeared on the scene to answer reporters’ questions about an apparent drive-by double-shooting from a “silver car” in the Dupont Circle […]