U.S. Park Police

Seven members of Congress are asking U.S. Attorney Gen. Merrick Garland to reopen the investigation into the U.S. Park Police shooting of Bijan Ghaisar, a driver killed in Fairfax County in 2017.  Lawmakers cite statements made in a civil suit as the reason the case should get another look. They argue Garland has already reversed decisions made by the...

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has dropped an effort to prosecute two U.S. Park Police officers who fatally shot an unarmed motorist back in 2017

News4’s Jackie Bensen has reaction from the Ghaisar family and the scathing response from the police union.

Four years after a 25-year-old Virginia man was shot and killed by U.S. Park Police after he left the scene of a minor traffic collision, two officers involved in his death have been told they’re being fired.

News4’s Pat Collins has the latest on a shooting and a chase, involving the U.S. Park police, that ended in a crash.

Internal police emails reveal more gun incidents, more arrests, and more safety warnings in areas near the White House, in the hours before the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6. Using the Freedom of Information Act, the News4 I-Team obtained emails sent in the morning hours by U.S. Park Police and National Park Service leaders. In the emails, police...

Lawyers for the U.S. Park Police officers who fatally shot an unarmed motorist in 2017 after a stop-and-go chase in Northern Virginia filed a motion to dismiss the case Monday.

The U.S. Park Police Officers who shot and killed Bijan Ghaisar knew he didn’t cause the crash they were pursuing him for, according to new evidence. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

The U.S. Park Police Officers who shot and killed Bijan Ghaisar knew he didn’t cause the crash they were pursuing him for, according to evidence obtained by News4, and an expert witness for the prosecution says the officers were never in danger. In the weeks after Ghaisar’s death in 2017, an accident report revealed the McLean accountant had left...

In a break from his predecessors in the Trump administration, Attorney General Merrick Garland is allowing federal agents to cooperate with local prosecutors pursuing manslaughter charges against two U.S. Park Police officers who fatally shot a Virginia man in 2017

A Prince George’s County teacher is accused of a series of attacks in a park in D.C. and along a trail in Alexandria.

A federal judge has agreed to hear evidence in the deadly shooting of Bijan Ghaisar at the hands of U.S. Park Police. The hearing is set for August, and it will look at whether the two officers who shot Ghaisar are entitled to immunity. News4’s Paul Wagner has the story.

A federal judge agreed to hear evidence in the fatal shooting of Bijan Ghaisar by U.S. Park Police.

Police are investigating a string of pepper spray attacks in a popular park in D.C. They say these attacks stretch back nearly three years. New4’s Pat Collins has more.

U.S. Park Police are investigating a series of attacks involving a man posing as a cop and assaulting victims at nighttime in Meridian Hill Park in Columbia Heights.

Anthony Louis died after jumping from a D.C. overpass. Police pursued him from Alexandria. Cory Smith has cellphone video and reaction from Louis’ family.

Agents used smoke canisters and other agents to clear the area Lafayette Square in June just before the president appeared for a photo-op outside St. John’s Church. News4s Pat Collins reports Park Police are defending the action, but at least one National Guard solider doesn’t feel the same way.

The head of the U.S. Park Police has refused to appear to answer lawmakers’ questions on violence against demonstrators and journalists outside the White House

The force Park Police officers have used against protesters could cost the agency its working relationship with some local police departments. In a statement to News4, Metropolitan Washington’s Council of Governments confirms it is now planning to review the regional mutual aid agreement which governs those relationships. “Mutual aid among local, state, and federal public safety agencies is critically...

The U.S. Park Police says it has placed two officers on administrative leave after video showed two Australian journalists being attacked during Monday night’s protest in Washington, D.C. Acting Chief Gregory T. Monahan says the incident is being investigated. Video shows reporter Amanda Brace and cameraman Tim Myers being struck by officers as law enforcement cleared an area near...