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Washington D.C. – The Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department released body camera footage on Monday that depicted two Metropolitan Police Department cruisers colliding while apparently drag racing each other. Four Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers were injured during the April 22nd incident according to the Daily Caller.
“Obviously those types of things are unacceptable, they’re embarrassing,” MPD Chief Robert Contee said. “It’s not something that we tolerate. It’s certainly something that I would not tolerate as the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department.”
One of the MPD officers involved in the incident was a probationary employee and was fired following the incident. The other three officers are in a “non-contact” status and if the investigation finds they participated in misconduct they could be disciplined or fired.
By John Bowden - 04/26/21 10:48 AM EDT
Four Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers were involved in a drag race last week that led to two totaled vehicles and damage to a residence in Washington, D.C.
The incident occurred on Thursday in the city's Kenilworth neighborhood and resulted in the four officers being sent to area hospitals with non-life threatening issues. The officers have been placed on leave.
Fox 5 DC, which first reported on the crashes, obtained an internal email sent by MPD's 6th district commander, Durriyyah Habeebullah, on Friday that indicated the race and subsequent crashes occurred around 5 p.m.