Public safety

Deeniquia “Dee Dee” Dodds was 22 when she died at the hospital a week after being shot in Northeast D.C. Last week, after two years, a jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of two men charged in connection with her death. A Superior…

About 70 transgender activists and their supporters turned out on Tuesday for a protest outside the D.C. Superior Court building after a trial at the courthouse of two men charged with the 2016 murder of transgender woman Deeniquia “Dee…

Demonstrators say the judicial system doesn't seem to value the lives of transgender individuals

A man was stabbed in a first-floor restroom at the 801 East Men’s Shelter in the early morning hours of Feb. 12, according to separate reports from two shelter residents.

D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham’s Feb 24 letter, “MPD: Stop and frisk is essential,” was a mass of inconsistencies, untruths and fearmongering.

When a 911 call comes in from DC, depending on where the person is calling from, they may or may not get an ambulance responding. It’s part of a new program routing ambulances to the most dire emergencies.

Under a change taking effect Friday, D.C. residents who call 911 no longer will be guaranteed an ambulance ride to hospitals if responding medics and a nurse determine their ailments are minor, D.C. Fire and EMS Department officials said. …

Starting Friday, D.C. Fire and EMS ambulances won’t transport all patients that contact 911 to a hospital emergency room. In some cases, emergency responders will help assess patients on-site, but refer them to a clinic if the issue is…

A District halfway house that lost a multimillion-dollar contract in November for refusing to house sex offenders might have a chance to rebid on the contract after partially winning a formal protest to the federal government.

The strategy ATF now uses to decrease violence in the District revolves around an intelligence backbone – a database exclusively operated and maintained by the agency.

Misinformation is being shared about the D.C. police’s use of stop and frisk. It is particularly troubling when this misinformation is from a D.C. Council member.

The goal is to improve health outcomes, shorten wait times in hospitals, and make sure first responders are available for serious and life-threatening emergencies.

Property crimes have increased in the District this year, and much of the rise appears to stem from an upsurge in thefts from cars in an area that includes many of Washington’s well-to-do neighborhoods.

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Under a new policy starting on March 1, DC ambulance crews might not take some patients to a hospital but will refer them to a clinic.

Transparency advocates are calling on the U.S. Capitol Police to do a better job of releasing basic public information.

WASHINGTON — There are 17 kids missing in D.C. right now, and that number can change minute-to-minute, the D.C. police say. And when the weather is about to turn cold, as it’s supposed to this week, the urgency of finding them goes up.

A patient’s brutal attack on a nurse at a D.C. government psychiatric hospital has renewed calls for increased security at the facility, with staff and union representatives saying hospital managers have been slow to respond to requests…

On the D.C. Council, I represent the most diverse ward in the District. I have seen an evolution in the way my constituents think about public safety. As recently as four years ago, a violent incident would have resulted in calls for more…

A patient’s brutal attack on a nurse at a D.C. government psychiatric hospital has renewed calls for increased security at the facility, with staff and union representatives saying hospital managers have been slow to respond to repeated…