Police-Community Online Email List Groups
The MPD police-community Yahoo discussion groups were created in 2004 for members of the community so they could share public safety information in an effort to help reduce crime and the fear of crime. Information shared on the online email lists include public safety community announcements and meeting dates; crime statistics; safety concerns and ideas; crime reports; and safety tips. The online email list also acts as a virtual community, which helps strengthen partnerships between the local police and the communities they serve. It also offers another means of visibility and accessibility for the community.
The online email list discussion groups are designed to attract area residents, employees, students, business owners, elected officials, and government agency representatives interested in coming together to solve problems and share public safety-related information that will improve the quality of life in each police district. This is an opportunity for all stakeholders and DC service providers (i.e., DPW, DCRA, etc.) to engage in ongoing online interaction with police, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, holidays and weekends.
Information posted to the groups is intended to benefit members of a specific police district. If you don't know your police district, you can find out by visiting the DC Guide to easily locate a police district or PSA and other resources within a geographic area.
Successes of the police online email list groups include:
- Faster dissemination of information, especially community meetings and events.
- Assistance with identifying and taking action against nuisance properties.
- Successful collaborations among community groups, elected officials and police.
- Greater assistance with lookouts -- from missing persons and pets to found property.
- Recognizing good work and identifying areas of service that need improvement.
- Gauging the community’s concerns.
- Developing relationships, especially when a police district gets a new commander or new patrol officers.
- Identifying community leaders and activists, who are eager to join the group to let their voices be heard.
- Sharing information between districts.
- Group-to-group communications (MPD postings are regularly shared with other large community online groups, with the potential of reaching 20,000 online users in one day).
To visit the groups, see the links below. For more information, dial 727-8809.
Community Outreach Coordinators
- Carolyn L. Smith, First District, (202) 698-0315
- Officer Rhonda Hardy, Second District (202) 730-1901
- Marco Santiago, Third District, (202) 497-1060
- Derek Staten, Fourth District, (202) 270-1640
- Fayette Vaughn-Lee, Fifth District, (202) 698-0188
- Julia Irving, Sixth District, (202) 698-1315
- Lendia Johnson, Seventh District, (202) 439-5475
