Crime
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Lanier reacts to Colo. massacre
CommentChief Cathy Lanier makes her monthly appearance and addresses a number of topics, inlcuding the Colorado movie theater shooting and gun control.
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Q/A with Chief Cathy Lanier
CommentToday on NewsTalk, we spoke with DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier
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Q & A with Chief Lanier
CommentDC Police Chief Cathy Lanier stops by, talks controversial topics and takes your calls.
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The plight of the Mall's pedicabbers: 'If I see you again, I'll just arrest you'
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New videos reveal the ongoing tension between the Park Police and D.C.'s various pedicab operators as we enter summer.
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How Metro responds to violence on the trains
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On March 31, one Metro rider encountered an unstable passenger who took to the rails swinging. The assailant was arrested, but the rider is far from happy — why were WMATA's police so slow? Why didn't the intercoms help? He took to the Post's editorial pages to voice his fears.
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Two D.C. pedicab operators arrested on the National Mall
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Park Police arrested two pedicabbers in late March for disobeying orders and assault. But was the pedicab operator truly guilty of assault? As tourists begin swarming the National Mall again, the atmosphere surrounding pedicabs and Park Police remains as conflicted as ever.
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Transparency alert: WMATA resumes its monthly crime blotter
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Riders, learn of all the alleged offenses happening at your local Metro station. WMATA again lists the monthly infractions throughout the system after leaving the blotter dead for more than half a year.
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Our Q&A with Chief Lanier
CommentNewsTalk 3/20/12: DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier stopped by to take your calls.
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WMATA credit card scandal reinforces perception of waste and corruption
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No one at Metro's Office of Planning kept its employees' spending habits in check, and a new review of company credit cards reveals significant waste. How do $180 Beats By Dr. Dre earbuds help give us functional transit?
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Glittarazzi's going vigilante on city's criminals
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Kelly Ann Collins is sick to death of violent crime!
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Has Metro crime really fallen? The complicated state of WMATA security
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The transit agency has released its third-quarter crime results, which reveal a decline in major crimes now compared to last year and include the 10 Metro stations with the most crime in recent months. But the full picture requires a deeper look.
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A database of crime in D.C. schools
We've obtained hundreds of police reports from incidents in D.C. schools, both public and private.You can read all of them here, but fair warning: You'll never look at a tape dispenser in the same way again.
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Mysterious D.C. rampage leaves smashed cars in its wake
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Drunk drivers, perhaps? Roving midnight vandals? Someone who clearly needs to learn how to parallel park better? It's like a hurricane blew through the block.
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Metro Transit Police want to be strategically transparent
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Crime happens on the Metro every day, but how should the transit agency's security forces communicate those problems to the riding public? The MTPD is trying new tricks just as it's abandoning old ones.
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The 19 most dangerous Metro stations in the WMATA system?
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Metro Transit Police has just offered details on how many crimes have been committed in the last few months. Guess which two Metro stations have the most?
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D.C. hit-and-run collisions, fatalities prompt AAA warning
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There have been 17 hit-and-run collisions reported in the D.C. area this year, 13 of them resulting in deaths — including three pedestrians this month alone, according to AAA.
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D.C., Maryland see rapes increase while violent crime drops
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Last year, as violent crimes dropped overall, D.C. saw a sharp increase in rapes, according to the FBI's annual crime statistics. There were 187 rapes in the District, a rise of 25 percent over 2009, compared to a 6 percent bump in Maryland and a 3 percent drop in Virginia.
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Larry Deffenbaugh, Maryland man who faked death, gets seven years in prison
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A Maryland man who faked his own death to avoid jail has landed back in the slammer, and he's going to be there a lot longer than he would've been otherwise.
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