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The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC), more commonly known locally as the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and, colloquially, DC Police, is the primary law enforcement agency for the District of Columbia, in the United States.
The Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) is the transit police agency of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), created by the WMATA Compact on June 4, 1976. The MTPD is unique in U.S. law enforcement as it is the only U.S. police agency that has full police authority in relation to a multi-state metro system.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the District of Columbia . According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the District has six local law enforcement agencies employing 4,262 sworn police officers, about 722 for each 100,000 residents.
WASHINGTON, DC — Robert Contee, who was sworn in as chief of the Metropolitan Police Department four days before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, is stepping down from the role...
WASHINGTON, DC — A week after a gunman fatally shot a Metro Transit employee and injured three others during a seemingly random shooting, Washington, D.C. officials announced a new initiative...
WASHINGTON, DC — Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Chief Robert J. Contee III announced the High School Cadet Program will return, giving DC students an opportunity to work for MPD.
The Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, generally simply referred to as the Chief of Police, is the head of the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C. The current acting Chief of Police is Pamela A. Smith, who succeeded interim chief, Ashan Benedict.
WASHINGTON — A dispute turned deadly Sunday morning on a Green Line Metro train, according to police. Authorities responded shortly before noon to a shooting aboard a train at the Navy Yard...
WASHINGTON, DC — Metropolitan Police Department detectives from the First District are asking the public's help in identifying and locating suspects in connection with an armed carjacking that...
Metro Transit Police partnered with different advocacy groups to raise awareness about sexual harassment on Metrorail trains and stations. Cameron Luttrell , Patch Staff Posted Wed, Apr 5,...