D.C. police force at its lowest in decades

Name: D.C. police force at its lowest in decades
Uploaded: 2016-10-21T21:00:00+00:00
Duration: 4 min 40 s
Description: At a recent D.C. city council hearing interim police chief Peter Newsham said the size of the force was 3,729, but as FOX 5 has learned approximately 270 of those officers have not been assigned guns and are not on patrol.

At a recent D.C. city council hearing interim police chief Peter Newsham said the size of the force was 3,729, but as FOX 5 has learned approximately 270 of those officers have not been assigned guns and are not on patrol.

Posted October 21, 2016 5:48pm EDT