(Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser, Chief Robert J. Contee, III of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and Office of Unified Communications (OUC) Director Karima Holmes highlighted steps the District is taking to ensure a safe, happy holiday season. This year’s strategy includes deploying more than 100 recruit officers and cadets from the MPD Academy to assist, via foot patrol, in business corridors across the city.