Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since violent crime seems to be on the rise again in DC, I was wondering why that is. I've generally been supportive of Chief Lanier, I'm not sure if anything on her end has changed, though the increase in crime seems to coincide with Mayor Bowser coming into office... That had me wondering if any Bowser policy changes were contributing to the uptick in crime.

What I didn't realize until recently was that all adult felonies in DC are prosecuted by the US Attorneys office... And someone suggested the other day that they were dropping the ball after Holder left, resulting in violent felons ending up back on the streets in DC...

I tried looking for prosecution/conviction stats to compare to the MPD crime and arrest stats to try and better understand the full picture but am still struggling with that.

Does anyone have any good data or insights to what is going on?

" what is going on" is that a few years ago Issa and the Republican house along with the NRA and some R wing lawyers overturned the handgun ban in DC and the mandatory prison term of 5 years that used to accompany being found in possession of one within the borders of DC.

It has taken a few years , but now the gun trade is booming and with it, violent crime.

The US Atty along with every mayor in America opposed this law change and also supports the ban on assault weapons, so don't blame the cops. Thankless job if you asked me.

I'm skeptical of your suggestion of how many DC crimes were prevented by gun-toting civilians... Have any hard data to support it?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since violent crime seems to be on the rise again in DC, I was wondering why that is. I've generally been supportive of Chief Lanier, I'm not sure if anything on her end has changed, though the increase in crime seems to coincide with Mayor Bowser coming into office... That had me wondering if any Bowser policy changes were contributing to the uptick in crime.

What I didn't realize until recently was that all adult felonies in DC are prosecuted by the US Attorneys office... And someone suggested the other day that they were dropping the ball after Holder left, resulting in violent felons ending up back on the streets in DC...

I tried looking for prosecution/conviction stats to compare to the MPD crime and arrest stats to try and better understand the full picture but am still struggling with that.

Does anyone have any good data or insights to what is going on?

" what is going on" is that a few years ago Issa and the Republican house along with the NRA and some R wing lawyers overturned the handgun ban in DC and the mandatory prison term of 5 years that used to accompany being found in possession of one within the borders of DC.

It has taken a few years , but now the gun trade is booming and with it, violent crime.

The US Atty along with every mayor in America opposed this law change and also supports the ban on assault weapons, so don't blame the cops. Thankless job if you asked me.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Among the criminal prosecutions in DC, there are typically 20 to 30 members of Chief Lanier's department prosecuted every year.

It was higher in the past & certainly not limited to her tenure.

But MPD desperately needs monitoring devices like body cams that cannot be turned off or erased by the officers.

MPD still has major corruption problems.

Every police department in the nation needs body cams and dash cams. Not only does it curb the potential for corruption, it also protects cops and aids in prosecutions, because it ends the he-said/she-said and provides evidence from the field of what really happened when the cops encountered the suspects.

Anonymous wrote:Since violent crime seems to be on the rise again in DC, I was wondering why that is. I've generally been supportive of Chief Lanier, I'm not sure if anything on her end has changed, though the increase in crime seems to coincide with Mayor Bowser coming into office... That had me wondering if any Bowser policy changes were contributing to the uptick in crime.

What I didn't realize until recently was that all adult felonies in DC are prosecuted by the US Attorneys office... And someone suggested the other day that they were dropping the ball after Holder left, resulting in violent felons ending up back on the streets in DC...

I tried looking for prosecution/conviction stats to compare to the MPD crime and arrest stats to try and better understand the full picture but am still struggling with that.

Does anyone have any good data or insights to what is going on?

Anonymous wrote:Among the criminal prosecutions in DC, there are typically 20 to 30 members of Chief Lanier's department prosecuted every year.

It was higher in the past & certainly not limited to her tenure.

But MPD desperately needs monitoring devices like body cams that cannot be turned off or erased by the officers.

MPD still has major corruption problems.