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Our local prosecutor is our elected official the Attorney General.  He and all the attorneys of the AGs office are paid for by the taxpayers of the District of Columbia.  They prosecute state crimes, as well as handle all the city's civil litigation matters.  The US Attorney for the District of Columbia is a federal office paid out of federal funds, just like the US Attorney for the Southern District of California, or the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Maryland, or the U.S. Attorney for Brooklyn, NY, or the U.S. Attorney for . . . .   The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia does handle the federal crimes and felonies committed in the District.  Capitol police patrol areas around the capitol and monuments, that's their limited authority.  They didn't or wouldn't leave their post to go to the Navy Yard shooting (federal property).  MPD handled that situation.  FBI did the follow-up.  US Park Police jurisdiction is limited to federal parkland, such as Rock Creek Park, Ft. Dupont Park etc, however if there is a murder jurisdiction reverts to MPD.  What other functions or services are you imagining that the federal government is actually providing?  [/quote]

The DC Attorney General's office handles very few criminal cases.  The US Attorneys Office does most of them.  Drug crimes - US Attorneys Office.  Gun crimes - US Attorneys Office.  Assault - US Attorneys Office. Murder - US Attorneys Office.

I don't know about the Capitol Police and other federal police departments, but the US Park Police have jurisdiction throughout DC.  The Park Police can stop you and arrest you anywhere in DC - the MPD will handle any follow-on investigation.  Similarly, I believe, uniformed Secret Service can do the same as the US Park Police.

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