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Jan 26 2021
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sixth District seek the public’s assistance in...
Jan 26 2021
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department's Fifth District announce an additional arrest...
Jan 26 2021
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department's Third District announce an arrest has been...
Jan 26 2021
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department's Sixth District seek the public’s assistance in...
Jan 26 2021
Effective January 4, 2021, a new Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) began offering handgun transfer...
Apr 17 2020
Empower! is a quarterly newsletter for families affected by violence in the District of Columbia....
Apr 1 2018
Empower! is a quarterly newsletter for families affected by violence in the District of Columbia....
Nov 4 2016
A weekly newsletter from the Metropolitan Police Department for residents, visitors, and workers in...
Oct 28 2016
A weekly newsletter from the Metropolitan Police Department for residents, visitors, and workers in...
Oct 21 2016
A weekly newsletter from the Metropolitan Police Department for residents, visitors, and workers in...
Jan 26 2021
The testimony attached below was presented by Robert J. Contee III, Acting Chief of the...
Oct 15 2020
The testimony attached below was presented by Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police...
Jun 9 2020
The testimony attached below was presented by Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police...
Mar 5 2020
The testimony attached below was presented by Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police...
Mar 27 2019
The testimony attached below was presented by Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police...
Sep 10 2015
On Sunday, September 13, 2015, the Nation’s Triathlon will take place in the District of Columbia...
Jul 31 2015
Major Cities Chiefs Association will convene for a National Summit on Violence in America on...
Feb 13 2015
Media Contacts
Dec 3 2015
From time to time I realize, from questions being asked from the public, that I need to reach out...
Sep 11 2015
At the beginning of the week, several news stories reported that MPD officers had been directed by...
Aug 31 2015
I am not interested in responding to or commenting on the anonymous online survey conducted by...
Mar 17 2015
The allegations against off-duty officer Darrell Best are serious and disheartening. The fact that...
Oct 10 2014
Mayor Vincent C. Gray has signed emergency legislation, the “License to Carry a Pistol Emergency...
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300 Indiana Avenue, NW, Room 5059, Washington , DC 20001
Phone: (202) 727-9099
Fax: (202) 727-4106
TTY: 711
Email: [email protected]
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300 Indiana Avenue, NW, Room 5059, Washington , DC 20001
Phone: (202) 727-9099
Fax: (202) 727-4106
TTY: 711
Email: [email protected]




