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April 3, 2025 · 11:21 am

Crime Report:  MPD Commander Colin Hall Reports on District 1

MPD 1st District’s Community Advisory Committee met Tuesday night.

MPD’s First District. Blue dots locate the U.S. Capitol and RFK Stadium, respectively.

Crime Report:  MPD Commander Colin Hall Reports on District 1

by Larry Janezich

Posted April 3, 2025

MPD 1st District Commander Colin Hall delivered the monthly crime report to the 1st District’s Community Advisory Committee Tuesday night: 

He cited several high profile arrests MPD made in the past few weeks.

  • The 2023 homicide at the Cru Nightclub in 1300 block of H Street, NE, was closed with two arrests.
  • The ongoing investigation of the flagrant shooting last October at 1900 One-half Street, SW near the Watermark Buzzard Point apartments resulted in a recent arrest.  The incident involved adults and juveniles and the expenditure of nearly 100 rounds.  Hall said other suspects are being sought.  A stray bullet from this incident wounded a pedestrian on Potomac Avenue, SE. 
  • A second arrest was made in Eastern High School shooting of a student last November, closing out the case.

He also reported :

  • We’re seeing a 31% decrease in violent crime in the first quarter across the city and a 35% decrease in violent crime in the 1st District – that’s over the 15% drop ending 2024. 
  • We continue pushing down robberies – there was a 38% decline in the first quarter in the 1st District, on top of a 47% drop ending 2024.
  • We had 20 burglaries in the 1st District so far this year – that’s plus 3 over last year. We follow up after every burglary with our outreach team to talk to businesses about cameras and alarms.
  • We shut down a crew linked to 21 burglaries throughout the city. 
  • Theft from autos is down but increasing with the warm weather. 
  • We are still seeing thefts of unattended vehicles.  That was a problem in the cold but we’re still seeing it in warm weather.  We urge using wheel locks and air tags. 
  • We’re seeing tire thefts throughout the city and urge residents to be alert and call MPD to report suspicious activity.

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January 30, 2025 · 3:50 pm

ANC6B Crime Committee Sets 2025 Priorities

ANC6B Crime Committee Sets 2025 Priorities

by Larry Janezich

Posted January 30, 2025

ANC6B Public Safety Committee.

Last Monday night, 6B’s Public Safety Committee met to lay the groundwork for guiding the committee’s agendas for the rest of current year.  The session was chaired by chair pro tempore, newly elected Commissioner Brian Gorman.

Among suggestions for focusing on the work going forward, were the following:

  • Hear a crime report from MPD First District every meeting. 
  • Continue discussions about safety at Eastern Market and support expediting installation of static and pneumatic bollards at the Eastern Market Special Use District, including the space occupied by the weekend street vendors.
  • Continue discussions with residents of Potomac Gardens regarding their specific needs.
  • Encourage engagement with the Office of the DC Attorney General and departments such as the Departments of Behavior Health and Youth Rehabilitation Services as well as the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, and with representatives of programs including Cure the Streets and the Violence Interrupters.
  • Monitor City Council legislation dealing with crime issues and advise ANC6B on positions they should take regarding such legislation.
  • Publicize public safety events, using emails to constituents and posts on the ANC6B website.
  • Continue neighborhood public safety walks.
  • Continue monitoring operation of the 911 system and the Office of Unified Command.
  • Provide a forum for people impacted by crime.
  • Request regular appearances by the DC Deputy Mayor for Public Safety.

There were two suggestions regarding actions committee members, commissioners and residents can take which pointed to things everyone can do to participate personally in addressing crime issues. 

Every month, MPD provides an opportunity for ANC Commissioners and residents to engage directly with top MPD First District officials and raise concerns about crime issues which directly affect them or their neighborhoods.  It’s surprising that more commissioners and residents fail to take advantage of this opportunity, especially since MPD offers offers assurances that they respond to concerns which are raised.  One suggestion that came out of Monday night’s meeting was:

  • Encourage residents and commissioners to attend the monthly virtual meeting of the MPD First District MPD 1D Citizens Advisory Council Monthly (next meeting:  Tuesday, February 4 – 1st Tuesday.  6:00 – 7:15pm.  https://1dcac.com/ )

Regarding a another specific way residents can become personally involved to improve the public safety landscape – albeit long term – resident committee member Ann Keep offered a concrete suggestion, pointing to need for mentoring third grade students in reading.  Keep, a Hill East resident, says she worked for 35 years in the DC Jail and that her public safety world centered on the jail and on people who are released.  She cited a “chilling statistic – when people are considering the construction of new prisons, they look at third grade reading scores because those are the children that are possibly headed in the carceral direction.” 

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