Katherine Ernst was taking an evening stroll on Sunday Aug. 10 around the National Mall when she first noticed an unusual "buzz" of law enforcement activity. Ernst, who has worked in Washington, DC ...

A traffic checkpoint set up by Washington, DC, police and federal agents drew community outrage on Wednesday night as President Donald Trump’s takeover of the city’s police entered its third night.

The surge in federal law enforcement in Washington, DC, has “enhanced” the capacity of local police officers and led to fewer crimes, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser said this week while adding that it had ...

The Justice Department is investigating whether the Washington, DC police department manipulated crime statistics to make the district seem more safe than it actually is. “We’re of course looking into ...

The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, is facing accusations it routinely manipulates statistics on crimes such as stabbings, shootings and carjackings to make it look like the city is ...