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Washington Metropolitan Police vehicles hold on the perimeter of the Capitol in Washington, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

D.C. police seek public’s help after motorcycle hijacking in Northwest

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Washington Metropolitan Police investigate near the Supreme Court and Capitol after reports of a suspicious vehicle in which two men and a woman were detained with guns, in Washington, Oct. 19, 2022. The head of the D.C. Council said Monday, March 6, 2023, that he is withdrawing the capital city’s new criminal code from consideration, just before a U.S. Senate vote that seemed likely to overturn the measure. But it's unclear if the action will prevent the vote or spare President Joe Biden a politically charged decision on whether to endorse the congressional action. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

D.C. reaches 100 homicides at earliest date in 20 years

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Then-U.S. Park Police Chief Pamela Smith discusses preparations for the upcoming 2022 State of the Union Address during a news conference, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Former Park Police chief among candidates to be D.C.’s next top cop

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser, left, and Washington Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee III, speak during a news conference about the arrest of suspect in a recent string of attacks on homeless people, Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in Washington. A gunman suspected of stalking homeless people asleep on the streets of New York City and Washington, killing at least two people and wounding three others, was arrested early Tuesday, police said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Lawmakers hammer D.C.’s lead prosecutor during District crime hearing on Capitol Hill

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Washington Metro Police vehicle. File photo credit: Nicole S Glass / Shutterstock.com

Former Vice Chairman of D.C. Police Union pleads guilty to time and attendance fraud

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Washington Metropolitan Police vehicles hold on the perimeter of the Capitol in Washington, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Hiring bonus for D.C. police officers bumped up from $20,000 to $25,000

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Vincent C. Gray (Associated Press/File)

D.C. councilmember calls for hiring hundreds of new police officers

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

In this photo taken March 12, 2015, passengers wait on the platform before boarding a train at the U Street Metro Station in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

One teenager dead, another injured after shooting at Congress Heights Metrorail station

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

D.C. Jail (File photo)

Early release, removal of most mandatory minimums proposed in D.C.’s overhauled criminal code

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

FILE - This still frame from Metropolitan Police Department body worn camera video shows Thomas Webster, in red jacket, at a barricade line at on the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Retired New York City police officer Webster is the next to go on trial, with jury selection scheduled to begin Monday, April 25, 2022. Webster has claimed he was acting in self-defense when he tackled a police officer who was trying to protect the Capitol from a mob on Jan. 6. (Metropolitan Police Department via AP, File)

Officer describes fending off Capitol rioter at man’s trial

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

Anti-abortion activists Lauren Handy, front, with Terrisa Bukovinac, from left, Jonathan Darnell, and Randall Terry, speak during a news conference in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Police found five fetuses in the home of Lauren Handy, a self-proclaimed "anti-abortion activist" who was indicted this week on federal charges alleging that she was part of a group of people who blocked access to a Washington, reproductive health center. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Pro-life activists: Fetuses handed over so police could probe timing of the abortions

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

These images taken from surveillance video and provided by the New York Police Department show a man suspected of shooting two homeless people on Saturday, March 12, 2022, in New York. (New York Police Department via AP)

Man suspected of stalking, killing homeless people arrested

By Bobby Caina Calvan and Ashraf Khalil - Associated Press