Metropolitan Police Department

D.C.'s homicide detectives are having real trouble closing murder cases. So far this year just over a third of the killings have been closed by arrest. A statistic that's so alarmed city officials they have recruited the former chief of detectives to come back and help.

The Metropolitan Police Department's Horse Mounted Unit now has 2,000 pounds of extra reinforcement on their squad.

A D.C. police officer is facing several assault charges for allegedly touching multiple coworkers without their consent. 

A Prince George’s County police officer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to soliciting sex from a transgender prostitute.

A D.C. police officer is lucky to be alive after hitting a deer while riding a motorcycle off-duty on the Capital Beltway. It happened around 2 a.m. Sunday near Oxon Hill. Witnesses put themselves at risk to drag him to safety.

Two days before the mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, that claimed nine lives, DC Police seized an assault weapon and a high capacity drum magazine loaded with 77 rounds.

Police nationwide and here at home are becoming targets for criminals and violent assaults. From an officer in New York City being doused with water to police in Southeast having fireworks aimed in their direction — the District's top cop admits policing is not what it once was.