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Metropolitan Police Department's MP DC decal emblem badge shown on a police vehicle. File photo credit: DCStockPhotography via Shutterstock.

12-year-old boy dies of gunshot wounds at hospital following shooting in Northeast

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Metropolitan Police Department's MP DC decal emblem badge shown on a police vehicle. File photo credit: DCStockPhotography via Shutterstock.

D.C. police lieutenant charged in Maryland with sexually soliciting a minor and child pornography

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

An Axon body camera is worn by MSGT Matt Gilmore who is one of the officers using Axon's Draft One AI software at OKCPD headquarters on Friday, May 31, 2024 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (AP Photo/Nick Oxford, File)

Mayor Bowser approves bill to release police body cam footage when federal officers use force

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Metropolitan Police Department's MP DC decal emblem badge shown on a police vehicle. File photo credit: DCStockPhotography via Shutterstock.

Curfew in effect in 4 D.C. juvenile zones this weekend

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith speaks during a news conference with Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser on President Donald Trump's plan to place Washington police under federal control and deploy National guard troops to Washington, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

D.C. inspector general opens investigation into alleged police crime data manipulation

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

A Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police vehicle is parked on the other side of a taped police line along the Tidal Basin as cherry blossoms cover the trees, in Washington, Monday, March 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

D.C. man faces second-degree murder charge, accused of causing crash that left pedestrian dead

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Metropolitan Police Department's MP DC decal emblem badge shown on a police vehicle. File photo credit: DCStockPhotography via Shutterstock.

D.C. police officer dies after being hit by driver on Interstate 695

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Three French bulldog puppies were stolen at gunpoint on Dec. 14 from a Northeast D.C. apartment, police said. (Photo courtesy of Metropolitan Police Department)

Family devastated after armed robbers take three French bulldog puppies from apartment

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Executive Assistant Chief, Metropolitan Police Department Jeffery Carroll attends a press conference following the shooting of two National Guard soldiers near the White House Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

D.C. Mayor Bowser names Chief Jeffery Carroll as interim leader of Metropolitan Police Department

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Washington Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith stands during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Congressional panel accuses D.C. police chief of pressuring commanders to manipulate crime data

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith speaks during a news conference with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on President Donald Trump's plan to place Washington police under federal control and deploy National Guard troops to Washington, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

D.C. police Chief Pamela Smith stepping down, mayor says

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

A Washington police vehicle sits outside the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, June 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Homeland Security agent opens fire after traffic stop chase in nation’s capital

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Sign for the Archives Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter Metrorail station in Washington, D.C. File photo credit: melissamn via Shutterstock.

D.C. police seek suspect accused of assaulting woman after insulting her Halloween costume

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Metropolitan Police Department's MP DC decal emblem badge shown on a police vehicle. File photo credit: DCStockPhotography via Shutterstock.

D.C. police arrest 18-year-old man, four juvenile boys following disturbance in Navy Yard

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Federal agents stand at a checkpoint operated by the Metropolitan Police Department and federal agencies, including officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), on Georgia Avenue in the northern part of Washington, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Trump threatens emergency in D.C. over lack of immigration enforcement

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks at a news conference, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry) ** FILE **

D.C. mayor notes major drops in violent crime amid federal crackdown

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

District of Columbia Metro Transit Police Department and Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers detain three people at L'Enfant Plaza metro station, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

D.C. sees first homicide since law enforcement surge, as Trump calls for death penalty for murder

By Matt Delaney and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

A Washington police vehicle sits outside the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, June 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Old accusations of D.C. police distorting violent crime data resurface amid DOJ probe

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

District of Columbia Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Snowden, left, shows James Maseno of Grandal, Md., how to take a selfie next to an M-ATV infantry mobility vehicle, outside the Union Station in Washington, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Residents in D.C.’s high-crime neighborhoods back federal takeover of city police

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

A Washington Metropolitan Police vehicle is seen near the Capitol, Oct. 19, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Teens arrested in D.C. assault of DOGE staffer ‘Big Balls’

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times