Yet,
Robert Contee still wants the job. The 48-year-old, who grew up in the Carver Terrace neighborhood of Ward 5 and lives now in Ward 3, joined MPD as a cadet in 1989. He rose to the very top when Bowser nominated him to replace outgoing Chief
Peter Newsham earlier this year. The D.C. Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety voted unanimously last week to move Contee’s nomination to the full Council. A final vote has not been scheduled but could take place as soon as April 20, according to Council Chairman
Phil Mendelson.
In the meantime, stakeholders have laid out their priorities for the new chief in reports, public hearings, and interviews with LL over the past month. The most frequent demand is better transparency. While some believe the rot inside MPD is too deep for any one person to fix, others are cautiously optimistic about Contee.
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Drivers charged for DUI were less likely to receive jail sentences in Prince George’s County than in neighboring counties, according to an investigation by the News-4 I-Team.
Safety advocates and relatives of victims impacted by such cases worry the county is sending the wrong public message about the severity and danger of driving under the influence. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Using the Freedom of Information Act, the I-Team obtained lists of people arrested by Prince George’s County Police for driving under the influence between January 2019 and August 2020 on Indian Head Highway (Maryland Route 210). The I-Team then crossed checked each case in the Maryland court system.