Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice

WASHINGTON — Years ago, the state of D.C.’s crime lab was so atrocious it lost its accreditation and closed temporarily. Now, its closure rate is above the national average and it’s making a difference in how quickly crimes are solved,…

WASHINGTON — For years, D.C. police had trouble keeping officers. Now, the department is operating nearly at full force, and the city is starting a new program asking residents to weigh in on how officers are doing.

Amid a violent January in which 18 people have been killed in the District, city leaders on Tuesday pressed for additional resources for crime prevention, including a new effort to help find jobs for inmates nearing release from the city…

Mayor Muriel Bowser presented a series of violence-reduction strategies on Tuesday during a monthly breakfast with the D.C. Council, announcing continuing efforts to get illegal guns off the streets and curb retaliatory violence through…

Two D.C. Council members are inquiring about the fire department’s apparatus, as fire and city officials push back against a report in The Washington Times citing senior department sources who said a lack of reserve vehicles contributed to…