District Links: Ex-Metro Transit cops testify they had arrest ‘quotas’; will DC reach an emergency on crumbling public housing?; and more

By Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil On Feb 20, 2020 Last updated Feb 20, 2020

Happy Thursday. Former officers with the Metro Transit Police told the DC Council yesterday they felt pressured to make arrests. The bad news adds onto the WaPo report from last week that some officers at the department held a competition last summer to encourage arrests and enforcement.

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