Congressional lawmakers raised the alarm Thursday about the District’s soft-on-crime policies they said are fostering a spike in violence and threatening the safety of representatives, staffers and visitors. House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil blamed the D.C. Council for cutting the Metropolitan Police budget and setting the stage for last year’s 26-year-high in killings and […]
The “defund-the-police” movement in the nation’s capital lost some ground Tuesday after city leaders, shaken by a bloody year of carjackings, shootings and robberies, voted to approve a legislative crackdown on crime. The D.C. Council passed the massive Secure DC omnibus package by a 12-0 margin — though not without one significant, spur-of-the-moment amendment that […]
Local shoppers in D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood spotted new security gates installed at the checkouts at a nearby Safeway, opening only when a receipt is scanned. A resident named Terry sent in photos to community news site PoPville Friday. They also noted that the store had previously added a special police officer for added security. […]
A D.C. drugstore that became a national symbol of urban lawlessness after regular ransackings by brazen shoplifters will shut down next month. More than half of the shelves in the Columbia Heights CVS were bare Wednesday when the announcement was made. For months, thieves have snatched bath and beauty products, toilet paper, frozen foods and […]
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