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DC Police Sgt. Dies In Motorcycle Crash DC Police Sgt. Dies In Motorcycle Crash
DC Police Sgt. Dies In Motorcycle Crash Jin Park, an 11-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), died in a motorcycle crash Friday, April 21.  The sergeant, assigned to the Fourth District, was heading home after his shift at the time of the crash, the MPD said. “It is with a heavy heart that we mourn the loss of an admired and beloved MPD Sergeant, Chief Robert J. Contee III said. "Our heartfelt sympathies are with the Park family, friends, and colleagues during this difficult time. Let us honor his memory and find strength in the knowledge that his actions with our department had a positive impa…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Former DC Police Officer From MD Gets Jail Time For Assaulting, Threatening Coworkers: DOJ Former DC Police Officer From MD Gets Jail Time For Assaulting, Threatening Coworkers: DOJ
Former DC Police Officer From MD Gets Jail Time For Assaulting, Threatening Coworkers: DOJ A former Metropolitan Police officer will be joining some of the suspects he put away during a decades-long career for a short spell after being sentenced for assaulting members of the department, federal authorities announced. Robert Anderson, 55, of Hanover, Maryland, was sentenced to five months of incarceration for a series of simple assaults that involved offensive touching and his brandishing of a knife toward a man who attempted to intervene, prosecutors say. According to federal officials, in January 2019, a female officer working at the Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Fifth …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Separate Fatal Shootings 90 Minutes Apart In DC Under Investigation, MPD Says Separate Fatal Shootings 90 Minutes Apart In DC Under Investigation, MPD Says
Separate Fatal Shootings 90 Minutes Apart In DC Under Investigation, MPD Says Two people were found shot and killed over the course of approximately an hour-and-a-half on Wednesday night as Metropolitan Police detectives investigate a pair of fatal shootings. The night of violence began at approximately 7:53 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, when officers in the Fourth District were called to the 6400 block of 8th Street in Northwest, DC to investigate reports of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers found 20-year-old Southeast resident Rasheed Byles suffering from a gunshot wound. He was rushed to an area hospital by DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel, where …

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by Zak Failla