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Andrea Noble

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Andrea Noble was a crime and public safety reporter for The Washington Times.

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D.C. Council probes police-community relations

Lawmakers and residents of cities across the country are increasingly calling for deeper scrutiny of the tactics employed by their police departments, including officials in the District who are trying to take a proactive approach to policing their own police.

October 9, 2014
Washington, D.C. MPD Chief Cathy Lanier announces that the police department is testing 5 different kinds of body-worn cameras as part of a pilot program, during a press conference at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 24, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

D.C. citizens decry police tactics at hearing

Dozens of residents and activists gathered this week at Howard University and testified before the D.C. Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety to shed light on police practices they say have terrorized the city’s black residents.

October 9, 2014
D.C. Council member David Grosso, at-large independent (The Washington Times) **FILE**

D.C. lawmaker suggests disarming city police officers

A D.C. Council member participating in a forum on police-community relations suggested that one way to improve interactions would be to strip Metropolitan Police Department officers of their firearms.

October 9, 2014
D.C. mayoral candidates Muriel E. Bowser (D), left, David A. Catania (I) and Carol Schwartz (I) wait off stage to be introduced to participate in their first debate together for the general election at American University, Washington, D.C., Thursday, September 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Second D.C. mayoral debate: Digs a little deeper, exchanges more personal

Independent David A. Catania came out swinging against Democratic front runner Muriel Bowser in the second debate of the D.C. mayoral race Thursday, but his attack was blunted by an extended and unusually personal line of questioning about his involvement in the 2008 council defeat of the third candidate in the race, Carol Schwartz.

October 2, 2014
Patrons carry guns and eat dinner at The Cajun Experience during Second Amendment Wednesdays where patrons are allowed to open carry their guns, Leesburg, Va., Wednesday, August 20, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Gun owners ask judge to block new D.C. concealed carry law

Gun owners who successfully sued the D.C. government to overturn the city's ban on carrying firearms in public are asking a judge to block implementation of new laws regulating concealed carry, saying the measure is unconstitutionally restrictive.

October 2, 2014