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Carjacking Rates Rise in DC Amid Pandemic

Carjacking Rates Rise in DC Amid Pandemic

By River Harper February 25, 2021

Washington, D.C., has witnessed a large increase in carjackings since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting the creation of a new Metropolitan Police Department task force and heightening...

Neighborhood Officials Manage Community Unease Following Capitol Insurrection, Inauguration

Neighborhood Officials Manage Community Unease Following Capitol Insurrection, Inauguration

By Sarah Conner February 4, 2021

After a month marked by protest, unrest and political turnover in Washington, D.C., the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E is responding to residential concerns and fears about the possibility of increased...

D.C. Police Chief Newsham To Resign, Take Job in Prince William County

D.C. Police Chief Newsham To Resign, Take Job in Prince William County

By Sanjana Nayak December 4, 2020

After 31 years at the Metropolitan Police Department, Peter Newsham has announced that he will be stepping down from his position as police chief.  Newsham was sworn in as police chief in January...

GU Football Player Arrested For First-Degree Murder

GU Football Player Arrested For First-Degree Murder

By Campus News Editor October 1, 2020

GU Hoyas | Federal law enforcement officials arrested senior wide receiver Dijon Williams in Georgia on Monday evening for allegedly shooting and killing a man in Washington D.C. in July. U.S. Marshals...

SHEEL PATEL/THE HOYA Under a D.C. policy change, arrests made in relation to public marijuana consumption will result in field citations rather than custodial arrests.

Georgetown Community Calls for University To End Relations With Police Departments in Petition

By Moira Ritter June 8, 2020

A petition demanding that Georgetown University cease all relationships with “any police department” has garnered nearly 6,000 signatures as of June 8 amid nationwide demonstrations against police...

Police Carry Out Search Warrant at Georgetown CBD Pop-Up Shop

Police Carry Out Search Warrant at Georgetown CBD Pop-Up Shop

By Connor Thomas February 7, 2020

Metropolitan Police Department officers armed with assault rifles and a battering ram executed a search warrant at the CBD pop-up shop Mr. Nice Guys D.C. at 1660 33rd St. NW at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 30, according...

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MPD Closes 2 Cases Involving Basketball Players Without Arrest

By Riley Rogerson December 18, 2019

The Metropolitan Police Department has closed two cases involving former Georgetown University men’s basketball team members Galen Alexander (COL ’21) and Joshua LeBlanc (MSB ’22) and made no arrests,...

RICHARD SCHOFIELD THE HOYA | Since Jan. 1, 2019, there have been 12 Washington D.C. homicides. A representative for the Maryland Police Department attributed the increased homicide rates to frequent use of guns.

DC Experienced Record-High Homicide Rates Early in 2019

By Dustin Hartuv January 18, 2019

Washington, D.C., experienced 12 homicides as of Jan. 17, more than double the number reported at this time in 2018, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. The homicide data follows the deadliest...

Woman Shot in Georgetown

Woman Shot in Georgetown

By Connor Thomas October 24, 2018

A woman shot at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Water Street was located by police near 20th and L streets Oct. 11 around 10:30 p.m., according to Metropolitan Police Department Communications Director...

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The Metropolitan Police Department and Washington, D.C.s Fraternal Order of Police reached their first mutually agreed upon contract since 2001.

MPD, Police Union Reach First Labor Contract Agreement Since 2001

By Deepika Jonnalagadda September 6, 2018

The first mutually agreed upon labor contract between the Metropolitan Police Department and Washington, D.C. police union Fraternal Order of Police in almost two decades was reached Aug. 30, Mayor...

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Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department received more reports of sexual assault this summer than they did last summer.

Sexual Assault Reports Rise in the District and on Campus

By Kara Tippins August 31, 2018

The total number of reported cases of sexual assault in Washington, D.C. this summer increased by 3 percent from last summer, according to data from the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. Every district...

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT Three civil rights organizations in the District are suing the Metropolitan Police Department for allegedly failing to record stop and frisk data.

Civil Rights Groups Accuse MPD of Failing to Record Police Stops

By Jessica Lin May 18, 2018

Three civil rights groups are accusing the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department of violating the Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results Act, which mandates every police officer to record...

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