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mpdc.dc.gov. The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC), more commonly known locally as the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and, colloquially, DC Police, is the primary law enforcement agency for the District of Columbia, in the United States. With approximately 3,400 officers [6] and 600 civilian staff, it is ...
In District of Columbia, all firearms, except some black powder firearms, must be registered with the police, by the terms of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975. The same law also prohibited the possession of handguns, even in private citizens' own homes, unless they were registered before 1976. However, the handgun ban was struck ...
September 5, 2024 at 5:29 PM. TAKOMA PARK, Md. - Hours after announcing that an arrest had been made in connection with the death of D.C. police investigator Wayne David, the Metropolitan Police ...
August 28, 2024 at 7:30 PM. WASHINGTON - A veteran D.C. police officer died Wednesday evening after being accidentally shot while attempting to retrieve a firearm from a storm drain during a ...
Sam Kosmas. August 29, 2024 at 7:15 AM. WASHINGTON - The Metropolitan Police Department and officials across the region are remembering an officer who died Wednesday after being shot by a gun he ...
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), commonly referred to as the ATF, is a domestic law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice. Its responsibilities include the investigation and prevention of federal offenses involving the unlawful use, manufacture, and possession of firearms and ...
The D.C. sniper attacks (also known as the Beltway sniper attacks) were a series of coordinated shootings that occurred during three weeks in October 2002 throughout the Washington metropolitan area, consisting of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, and preliminary shootings, that consisted of murders and robberies in several states, and lasted for six months starting in February ...
Police in Washington DC say a 17-year-old girl was ‘grazed’ by a bullet after being caught in the crossfire of a shooting near a high school on Friday morning (7News)