D.C. Wire Archive: Crime and Public Safety
D.C. government observes moment of silence for Ariz. victims
Mayor Vincent C. Gray and council members led D.C. government employees in a moment of silence in observance of the Arizona tragedy. Gray (D) also used the 11 a.m. event to address gun control and mental health.
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Nikita R. Stewart
| January 10, 2011; 12:15 PM ET |
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City Life, Crime and Public Safety, D.C. Council, Kwame Brown, Nikita Stewart, Vincent C. Gray
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Hildum steps down as D.C. juvenile justice chief
Robert Hildum, the interim head of the District's juvenile justice agency, who was installed in a shakeup over the summer, is stepping aside, he announced Wednesday morning.
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Henri Cauvin
| December 15, 2010; 11:37 AM ET |
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Crime and Public Safety, D.C. Employees, Vincent C. Gray
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Cardin proposes moving New Beginnings facility to Walter Reed campus
Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin (D) sent a legislative message to District officials this week, proposing to move the New Beginnings youth detention center from Laurel to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus.
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Ben Pershing and Henri Cauvin
| December 9, 2010; 5:22 PM ET |
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Ben Pershing, Crime and Public Safety
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Mendelson defends D.C. police for pot bust
D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson (D-At Large), chairman of the Committee Public Safety and the Judiciary, is defending D.C. police for obtaining a search warrant that resulted in the arrest of a veteran CBS News radio reporter and his wife on charges that they were growing marijuana in the yard of their Georgetown home.
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Tim Craig
| October 4, 2010; 1:44 PM ET |
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Crime and Public Safety, Tim Craig
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Gray cancels unveiling of public-safety plan
D.C. Council chairman and mayoral hopeful Vincent C. Gray has canceled his announced plans to release a public-safety plan Tuesday afternoon. Gray, who is challenging Mayor Adrian M. Fenty in the Sept. 14 Democratic primary, was scheduled to hold a press conference and release the proposal at the Boys &...
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Tim Craig
| August 24, 2010; 1:42 PM ET |
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2010 District Election, Crime and Public Safety, Tim Craig, Vincent C. Gray
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Wells lashes out at Fenty at DYRS hearing
D.C. Council member Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) lashed out Monday morning at the Fenty administration for blocking D.C. police from addressing a hearing on juveniles who escape supervision by the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services.
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Washington Post editors
| June 14, 2010; 1:37 PM ET |
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City Life, Crime and Public Safety, D.C. Council, Mayor Fenty
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department of youth rehabilitation services, dyrs
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