(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.
Mayor Bowser: DC s 911 director will step down in the new year
Karima Holmes resignation comes after several incidents of the District s 911 call center sending several dispatches to the wrong addresses. Author: Jonathan Franklin (WUSA9) Updated: 5:05 PM EST December 22, 2020
WASHINGTON The director of the District s 911 call center is officially stepping down.
Office of Unified Communications (OCU) Director Karima Holmes will leave her position sometime in 2021, Mayor Muriel Bowser said during a news conference Tuesday morning.
Holmes, who was appointed to the position back in January 2016, is the third member of Bowser‘s public safety team to leave their position within the past several months and the fourth public safety position Bowser will have to fill.