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A D.C. police sergeant pleaded guilty Friday to violating the civil rights of a man found sleeping in his car in Northeast in 2021.

In a whistle-blower complaint filed last October, Col. Earl Matthews said he was retaliated against by Army officials for accusing Generals Walter Piatt and Charles Flynn of lying before Congress and in official Department of Defense investigations concerning the delay in deploying D.C. National Guard troops to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Rising crime, congressional interference, and a sexual harassment scandal involving her former chief of staff marred the start of Bowser’s historic third term.

The District is set to end 2023 with a 39% increase in violent crime, with numbers including the highest number of homicides the city has seen in 20 years.

Yet another lawsuit provides accusations stemming from the now-former head of MPD’s equal employment office, Alphonso Lee.

The Office of Police Complaints identified a pattern of White officers pulling Black people’s hair during minor stops.

Two years after D.C. Police announced the hiring of Ashan M. Benedict as executive assistant chief, the former successor to outgoing Chief Robert Contee is leaving his position in the department.

D.C.’s mayor announced the next chief of the Metropolitan Police Department: Pamela Smith. She will be the first Black woman to be chief.

Each year during October, the National Faith and Blue Weekend is held in communities throughout the nation. The purpose of this community engagement initiative is to use local faith-based organizations