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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 15, 2014

U.S. Park Officer Tells of His Response to 2013 Navy Yard Shooting

Nearly one year after the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, one of the officers who took on the killer tells his story.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 8, 2014

Feds Don't Track Number of Officer-Involved Shootings

A Washington Post report on the difficulties in quantifying the number of police shootings every year.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 10, 2014

Officers Cleared in Shooting Near Capitol Building

Officers who fatally shot an unarmed Connecticut woman after a high-speed car chase from the White House to the Capitol last fall will not face criminal charges.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 23, 2014

Former D.C. Officer Admits He Pimped Underage Girls

Linwood Barnhill Jr., 48, who served on the force for 24 years and retired in advance of the hearing, pleaded guilty to two counts of pandering minors for prostitution and one count of possession of child pornography.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 9, 2014

D.C. Police Watchdog: Officers Should Wear Cameras

The Office of Police Complaints submitted a report Thursday to Mayor Vincent Gray and Police Chief Cathy Lanier with recommendations about how to develop an on-body camera program.

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Articlesby Jon AdlerNovember 21, 2013

Deadly Force in D.C.

Critics often ask why officers didn't shoot at the tires. The answer is that law enforcement tactics don't follow Hollywood fiction. They must work in the real world.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 11, 2013

Tactical Unit was Ordered Away from Navy Yard Rampage

It was reasonable for officials to reroute a Capitol Police tactical squad away from the Washington Navy Yard rampage amid concerns about possible threats to the U.S. Capitol after the officers got stuck in traffic, according to a report released Friday that defends the decision.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleOctober 10, 2013

The Fourth Estate and Law Enforcement's Eighth Deadly Sin

One would have thought that the news media—for all its protestations of harms incurred at the hands of police—might have adopted some form of its own Hippocratic oath by now. That it would swear to avoid putting cops and citizens in danger.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 8, 2013

Off-Duty D.C. Officer Shoots Robber

An off-duty Metro (D.C.) Police officer shot and wounded a man who attempted to rob her in southeast Washington early Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 8, 2013

Video: Citizen Captures Cruiser Crash In Capitol Chase

A bystander captured raw cell-phone footage of a U.S. Capitol Police officer striking a barrier near Capitol Hill during a deadly Oct. 3 pursuit. The video shows a patrol car slamming into the barrier and skidding out.

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