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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure I agree DC has hit bottom and is rebounding but lots of good data here

https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/bouncing-back-from-rock-bottom[/quote]

I was just going to post that.  Whomever putting that together deserves a lot of thanks.  It's a must read for all of us.[/quote]

Eh, there’s a lot of blind person touching an elephant here. Maybe they’re right, but if it turns out that the real explanation is just crime goes up in the summer crime goes down in the winter, this post is going to age like milk, and they will look pretty foolish.[/quote]

[b]The numbers in regards to the MPD and the USAO both choosing to not doing their jobs is damning. [/quote][/b]

It absolutely is damning.  And nothing in the SecureDC bill will address it.

I think it is fairly clear MPD chooses not to do their jobs.  USAO at least has one partial excuse- MPD brings bad cases they can't prosecute.

MPD needs far, far more scrutiny.  They whine about the defund movement but that was nearly four years ago.  It is not the only reason, if a reason at all, that they aren't doing their jobs.  There have been numerous stories and testimony about MPD not doing anything when confronted with crime.

Oh, it's the more recent police reform legislation?  I have yet to see concrete examples in the quantity it would take to explain their dismal arrest rates.

So basically MPD leadership- I am not going to impugn the rank-and-file - has instituted a culture where they won't do their jobs if they object to Council legislation.  Outrageous.  It sounds like Chief Smith is trying to change it and I hope she does.  
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This. All this. Some heads probably need to roll in MPD. In no other branch of government workers would we tolerate people purposely not doing their jobs AND then rubbing it in the faces of the taxpayers.[/quote][/quote]

Where can we donate to the recalling Charles Allen effort? And on that topic... #RecallFrumin[/quote]

https://www.recallcharlesallen.com/[/quote]

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