Police
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"Fit For Duty" is whipping police officers into shape
CommentA new community outreach program is getting 40 local police officers off the couch and into their running shoes to get in shape.
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Washington D.C. is on track for record-low traffic fatalities in 2012
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D.C. lays claim to just six traffic fatalities as of May 11, according to the police department, compared to 14 traffic fatalities at this time last year. That's a drop of 57.1%.
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Police Week: Fallen officers honored at 24th annual vigil in D.C.
Thousands of police officers from across the country lit candles to honor their fallen comrades at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Judiciary Square Sunday night.
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D.C. police kindly remind residents to watch out for pedestrians
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A new leaflet tells drivers when to give walkers the right of way on the streets of the District.
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Police chief: 'We've quadrupled the tickets issued for blocking bike lanes'
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How will D.C. manage its traffic in 2012? The sidewalks, roads, and bike lanes are getting even more crowded, and the police have already increased the number of tickets for violating our rules about public space.
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Occupy traffic lanes, commutes, rush hour, rainy drear
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Exercise caution on your commute home today, D.C., especially if you had plans to drive through downtown. Traffic is never pretty during rush hour, but today faces a double headache of rainy weather and closed roads. Occupy D.C. has been in the midst of several protests throughout central D.C. this afternoon, which, for whatever the virtues politically, can affect transportation.
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A driver refutes the automated justice of D.C.'s red light cameras
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One driver's frustrations with the District's red light cameras lasts for months as she continues to insist, over and over, that she never ran a red light — and keeps pointing to video evidence as proof. But the police department still doesn't buy her case.
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The danger of sneezing at the wheel
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A Salisbury driver suffered from a sneezing attack and his passenger is now dead and he's in the hospital with broken ribs. How dangerous is road sneezing and just how can it lead you to be charged with reckless driving?
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First responders lobby for nationwide broadband network
CommentPolice and firefighters lobbied lawmakers on Capitol Hill for a nationwide broadband network to be set aside for first responders Wednesday.
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Arlington's serial bank robber has been caught, say police
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After a three-month spree, Arlington's cool, casual bank robber has been caught at last, say police. Peter Cifala, 57, of D.C., was arrested Friday, and though he's implicated in six robberies, he's only been charged with one so far. He's now kicking up his feet at Arlington County Detention Center. We don't endorse bank heists, but we'd be lying if we said our week just became a lot less interesting.
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Bike crashes into Arlington police car that's responding to a bike-car crash
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A bicyclist was cruising down the Custis Trail toward Rosslyn this afternoon when he crashed into the hood of an Arlington County police car as it turned onto Lee Highway — en route, it so happened, to a crash between a bicyclist and a car several blocks away.
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Cathy Lanier 'appalled' by assault on lesbians
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Last week, the Washington Blade reported that D.C. police essentially ignored five lesbians who say they were assaulted outside the Columbia Heights Metro, and now Chief Cathy Lanier says she's "appalled" by the officers' behavior.
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The dangerous lives of the people who give us parking tickets
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In the District, parking tickets come with the ominous line "Assaults on parking enforcement personnel are fully prosecuted." Oh yeah?
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Pershing Park suit: Police may have destroyed evidence
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Protests in the District are a fairly usual event, but this one was different: On the morning of September 27, 2002, about 400 people — activists and bystanders alike — were arrested during a World Bank protest in Pershing Park, many of them hog-tied and held for more than 24 hours. Now four former students detained during the mass arrests are alleging that a D.C. police employee destroyed evidence related to the case.
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Fairfax County reports more bike crashes in 2011 than this time last year
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Will there ever be peace between our drivers and cyclists?
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Charlie Sheen escort cop may face formal allegations
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Charlie Sheen's wild ride may lead to serious trouble for the cop who authorized the escort.
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Prince George's officials push for tougher security at music venues
Prince George's County police are looking to local officials to make owners, promoters and others involved with security at music venues in the county more responsible for violence occurring around them.
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ACLU sues D.C. cops over photographer's detainment
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Last summer, photography student Jerome Vorus, 20, was detained by several police officers after photographing them during a traffic stop in Georgetown. Now he's suing them.
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