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**FILE** Metropolitan Police Department vehicles (Courtesy photo)

D.C. Police Chief Says Officer Shortage Hampering Service

by James Wright Jr. March 31, 2022March 31, 2022

Metropolitan Police Chief Robert J. Contee III says that the officer shortage his agency is experiencing adversely affects the service D.C. residents receive.

**FILE** Metropolitan Police Department vehicles (Courtesy photo)

Ward 8 Residents Demand Greater Police Presence, Respect

by Sam P.K. Collins July 24, 2019December 21, 2021

(Photo courtesy Yale University)

Education, National

Yale University Reprimands Woman Who Called Police on Black Grad Student

by WI Guest Author May 11, 2018October 31, 2020

Cops Who Cuffed Crying 11-Year-Old Black Girl at Gunpoint Will Not Be Disciplined

by WI Guest Author December 22, 2017October 31, 2020

Justine Damond

Australian Woman Shot by Cop Raises Questions About Body Cam Effectiveness

by WI Guest Author July 18, 2017October 31, 2020

Filming Encounters With Police is a Constitutional Right, Federal Court Rules

by WI Guest Author July 10, 2017October 30, 2020

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

Black Off-Duty Cop Shot by White Fellow Officer Who Was ‘Fearing for his Safety’

by WI Guest Author June 26, 2017October 30, 2020

Trump, Sessions Allege ‘Dangerous, Permanent’ Spike in Crime

by WI Guest Author February 10, 2017October 30, 2020

Columnists, Lauren Victoria Burke, National, Op-Ed, Opinion

Fox News Host, St. Louis Police Group Blast Teen’s Artwork in U.S. Capitol

by Lauren Victoria Burke January 2, 2017October 30, 2020

Young Black Man Jailed Since April for Alleged $5 Theft Found Dead in Cell

by Reporter II August 29, 2015October 30, 2020