DC Mayor Muriel Bowser announces plans to add 170 police officers to the city s force and requests $11M more funding to recruit and train them amid rising violence
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The mayor of Washington, DC, has announced a plan to add 170 police officers to the city s force amid rising violent crime.
Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, said on Wednesday that she has requested an additional $11million from the City Council to pay for the hiring and training of 20 additional officers in the 2021 financial year, and 150 additional officers in 2022.
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) normally hires 250 officers each year, but last year the DC Council decided to defund the police to the tune of $15million - to the disapproval of the mayor.
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