Metropolitan Police Department

A third member of the Metropolitan Police Department has tested positive for novel coronavirus, officials confirmed Thursday. 

A second member of the Metropolitan Police Department has tested positive for novel coronavirus, Police Chief Peter Newsham confirmed Monday.

A D.C. officer is okay after their cruiser rolled over in a two-car crash near Catholic University.

DC police will no longer handcuff children under the age of 12 after community backlash following several incidents where kids in the District were placed in handcuffs.

A DC police officer was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle in the District on Friday.

An emergency bill passed unanimously by the D.C. Council seeks to allow close relatives of someone killed in an incident with the police to view the body camera video retained by D.C. Police.

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.