Departures from the Metropolitan Police Department spiked during amid the 2023 crime wave but has shown no signs of slowing down.

Weeks before President Donald Trump federalized the Washington, D.C., police, the Metropolitan Police Department was hit with accusations of allegedly juking crime stats for more favorable results.

Wikipedia* On the C-SPAN Networks: District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department has hosted 1 event in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2013 News Conference.

D.C.'s attorney general deems unlawful the federal move to replace Washington's police chief, signaling a potential power struggle with federal authorities.

At least one high-ranking officer has been suspended so far over the disturbing allegations, which the DC Police Union has said effectively reflect standard operating procedure.

The lawsuit brought by Washington says Trump exceeded his authority under the Home Rule Act of 1973 in taking over the Metropolitan Police Department.

U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (VA-8), Steny Hoyer (MD-5), Jamie Raskin (MD-8), Jennifer McClellan (VA-4), Glenn Ivey (MD-4), Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), Sarah Elfreth (MD-3), Eugene Vindman (VA-7), and April McClain Delaney (MD-6) today issued the following statement on President Trump’s announcement that he would temporarily federalize the Washington D.

Brian Schwalb, the attorney general for the District of Columbia, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington on Friday challenging the Trump administration's takeover of the Metropolitan Police De

After a decade of threatening to take over the deeply Democratic District of Columbia, President Donald Trump on Monday announced he would exert more federal control over the

Following earlier orders from President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directing Drug Enforcement Administrator Terry Cole to assume control of MPD, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb sued the Trump administration.