Arrests for shootings, carjackings and robberies are up in the District so far this year thanks to the city's beefed-up surveillance camera system and the increasing willingness of crime-weary residents to talk to cops.
Washington Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith talks to the media, Feb. 14, 2024, in Washington. Arrests for shootings, carjackings and robberies are up in the District so far this year thanks to the city’s beefed-up surveillance camera system and the …Arrests for shootings, carjackings and robberies are up in the District so far this year thanks to the city’s beefed-up surveillance camera system and the increasing willingness of crime-weary residents to talk to cops.
Local lawmakers in 2023 pointed to MPD’s struggles with bringing suspects to justice as compounding the most violent year this century. Low arrest rates in 2023 prompted D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson to suggest people could “get away with murder in this city.” But D.C.’s top cop believes the key factor has been officers out mingling with people in neighborhoods. The initiative has engendered more trust between police and the Washingtonians, and convinced onlookers to cooperate with officers when violence erupts.
A pivotal witness who observed a deadly Northeast shooting on Memorial Day not only helped police arrest a suspect, but provided physical evidence to MPD detectives. The same caller even shared suspect photos with investigators at the scene and gave them a play-by-play of what led up to the slaying, including hearing the assailant say “I don’t care if I catch another body today,” according to court documents.An arrest affidavit said a man wounded in a March shooting went immediately to an MPD substation in Southeast instead of getting himself patched up.
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