LinkLinksOpinion Washington Post Editorial Board: Homicides were up in 2018. Is D.C.’s approach to violence prevention working? By Editor On Jan 11, 2019 31 Share A STARTLING increase in D.C. homicides in the summer of 2015 prompted Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), during her first year in office, to propose an expansion of law enforcement powers that would have made it easier to search for illegal guns in the hands of repeat violent offenders. The proposal was pretty much rejected out of hand. Critics likened it to ineffective “tough on crime” experiments of the 1980s and 1990s, and the D.C. Council instead adopted a community-based public-health approach to violence prevention. Homicides soared again last year, and with a deadly start to the new year — eight homicides in the first eight days — it is fair to ask whether the city adopted the right approach and whether more needs to be done. DC CouncilHomicidesMuriel BowserPublic safety 31 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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