DC police reform commission recommends shrinking size of for

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The D.C. Police Reform Commission released a 259-page report with dozens of recommendations on Thursday, including educing the size of the city's Metropolitan Police Department. 
The group recommended that a congressional mandate that requires the city's police department have at least 3,000 officers be done away with.
"Decentering police requires shifting our collective focus and resources to invest far more in community-centered programs that prevent harm, while simultaneously realigning and reducing the size, responsibilities, and budget of MPD in line with a narrower scope of work for police," the commission wrote in its recommendation.
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"This shift must occur strategically: a smaller MPD does not guarantee a more community-responsive, less harmful, and ultimately more effective department," it wrote.

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