The day after Police Chief Robert Contee announced he would leave MPD in June for an FBI job, he joins Mayor Bowser to announce new initiatives to combat crime.
Big-city police departments across the country are still struggling in the wake of the George Floyd riots. Violent crime is up and the number of officers is down.
The retirement announcement and presser for the Chief of D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, Robert J. Contee III – who had been on the force over 30