Metropolitan Police Department

Robert Contee III is now chief of D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department.  Contee, who has served as acting chief since the beginning of the year, was unanimously confirmed Tuesday by the D.C. Council.  The police veteran with more than 30 years on the force takes over amid concerns about staffing and morale. The police union says more than 300 officers...

D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee said the incident was “unacceptable” and “embarrassing.” News4’s Shomari Stone reports.

D.C. Police released body camera footage Friday of a racing crash involving four officers in Northeast. One of the officers has been fired, the department said.

News4’s Drew Wilder reports on hackers releasing stolen information on D.C. police officers.

Cybercriminals seeking to extort Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department have published extensive private dossiers of five current and former officers.

That group is now demanding ransom from D.C. Police and the FBI is investigating. Paul Wagner reports.

D.C. police officers who “may have been racing” police vehicles were involved in a crash and injured on Thursday, the Metropolitan Police Department said Sunday night. The officers crashed in the 1400 block of Anacostia Road NE, the department said in a statement.  “Preliminarily, it appears the members may have been racing the vehicles, resulting in an accident,” MPD...

Three adults and a 15-year-old were arrested in D.C.’s Chinatown late Saturday at a march over recent police shootings in the U.S. Protesters clashed with police and vandalized the Christopher Columbus statue and fountain outside nearby Union Station.  Dramatic video shows fireworks going off in close proximity to Metropolitan Police Department officers near the Chinatown arch. Officers can be...

D.C. protesters and police clashed in Chinatown late Saturday. Video shows fireworks going off near officers.

A former D.C. homicide detective was found guilty Monday of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl at a home in Woodbridge, Virginia, over a two-year period.  J.P. Johnson Jr. was found guilty on 13 counts, including aggravated sexual battery, forcible sodomy, attempted rape and indecent liberties with a child.  The jury recommended a total of 360 years in prison.  Prince...

The D.C. Police Reform Commission released a report Thursday recommending downsizing the D.C. police force, taking police out of public schools, and putting more money toward preventing crime and increasing mental health support.

The D.C. Police Reform Commission has released recommendations including reducing the D.C. police force. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

A homicide suspect escaped custody in Northwest D.C. Friday evening, police said.

A 13-year-old Washington boy has been missing since Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police Department said.

One bicyclist died on Monday after being struck by a bus when crossing the street, the Metropolitan Police Department said.

D.C. Councilmember Robert White is introducing legislation calling for the attorney general to evaluate the bias in threat assessments made by police in the District, and make recommendations for addressing the bias.

A push to rethink how police handle protests comes after a summer of social unrest in the District followed by a violent riot at the U.S. Capitol last month. News4’s Pat Collins reports on the changes one D.C. councilman wants to see.

Two D.C. police officer shot at a man in Northwest D.C. early Friday amid the search for a robbery suspect, police say. The shooting victim, Antonio Garnes, 58, of Northwest, D.C., is charged in the robbery. He’s expected to survive, the Metropolitan Police Department said. Uniformed officers initially responded to an assault report at 2nd Street and Rhode Island...