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**FILE** Acting D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee (Courtesy of MPD via Twitter)
Posted inCommunity

Bowser, MPD Announce New $20,000 Hiring Bonus for Police Officers

by WI Web Staff June 17, 2022June 17, 2022

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee III announced on Friday a new $20,000 hiring bonus to recruit new officers.

A roll of police tape (police line) lies on the ground outside a home being foreclosed on in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2009.
Posted inEditorial

EDITORIAL: Violence at Our Front Doors

by WI Editorial Staff May 25, 2022May 25, 2022
Chief Pamela A. Smith (Courtesy of U.S. Park Police)
Posted inCommunity

MPD Hires Ex-Park Police Chief Pamela Smith as Equity Officer

by WI Web Staff May 11, 2022May 11, 2022
Dunbar Senior High School in northwest D.C. (Courtesy of DCPS)
Posted inCommunity

Teen Arrested, Charged With Making Bomb Threats to D.C. Schools

by Sam P.K. Collins February 10, 2022February 10, 2022
Dunbar Senior High School in northwest D.C. (Courtesy of DCPS)
Posted inEducation

8 D.C. Schools Evacuated After Bomb Threats

by Sam P.K. Collins February 9, 2022February 10, 2022
**FILE** Metropolitan Police Department vehicles (Courtesy photo)
Posted inCommunity

$100 Million Class-Action Suit Spells Out Racism, Sexism, Fraud and a Tarnished Blue Wall at D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department

by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent December 27, 2021December 28, 2021
**FILE** Metropolitan Police Department vehicles (Courtesy photo)
Posted inOpinion

MUHAMMAD: Black Female Cops Sue D.C. Police Department

by WI Web Editor and Askia Muhammad December 15, 2021December 16, 2021
MPD Chief Robert Contee III confronts young people who interrupted the MPD Youth Summit on Saturday, Dec. 3 at Eastern High School in southeast D.C. (Sam P.K. Collins/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Students Disrupt MPD Youth Summit, Criticize its Efforts of Engagement

by Sam P.K. Collins December 8, 2021
Chanel Dickerson (Courtesy photo)
Posted inLetters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Policing the Police

by WI Guest Author October 6, 2021December 21, 2021
**FILE** Metropolitan Police Department vehicles (Courtesy photo)
Posted inCommunity

Bowser, Contee Announce Fall Crime Prevention Initiative

by James Wright Jr. October 1, 2021December 21, 2021

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