Public Safety: A Safe City and a Secure Nation's Capital

Our citizens and the nation are entitled to a capital city that is both safe and secure. Residents, businesses and all who visit the district of Columbia must know and feel -- as they walk the streets, as they enjoy their neighborhoods, as they gather in their homes -- that they, their families and friends are safe. They must feel secure in their daily activities, and have confidence in the efficiency of emergency responders and in the District's plans for emergency action in the aftermath of catastrophic occurrences.


Provide the Mayor a homeland security briefing on his first day in office (Day 1)

Reintroduce MPD community policing by undertaking MPD 100-hour plan. (1 week)

Add four more EMS transport units to improve response times (30 days)

Reconvene Emergency Preparedness Council (30 days)

Enhance public safety agency coordination by beginning monthly meetings between firehouse leadership and police district commanders (30 days)

Reduce crime and fear of crime by instituting a Customized Community Policing program (60 days)

Reinstate the Continuing Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance Program at FEMS (60 days)

Support the Expansion of the Re-Entry Program to the DC Prison, providing 100 male and female misdemeanor offenders with Life Plan counseling sessions, a three-week life skills orientation, and re-entry center programs that coach them on job skills, literacy, and parenting (60 days)

FEMS Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) Training and Program Roll-Out (60 days)

Issue an updated protocol study guide to all FEMS personnel and perform field tests (90 days)

Begin implementation of the "Homeland Security, Risk Reduction and Preparedness Act of 2006" (B16-0242) by making the Emergency Management Agency the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (90 days)

Identify key personnel who would require Homeland Security and Preparedness Training and develop a strategy to train them (90 days)

Establish a working group to lobby aggressively for the recapture of federal reimbursements to DC for holding sentenced felons in District prisons (90 days)

Re-establish EMS Rapid Response Teams (90 days)

Implement enhanced officer deployment and resource allocation with an emphasis on maximizing deployment to the PSAs and increasing first-line supervision (100 days)

Review recommendations for FEMS reorganization and put together a plan for reform (100 days)

Develop and begin implementing electronic forms, so officers will only have to enter incident data once, allowing faster processing of arrest and incident paperwork (6 months)

Appoint an EMA/Homeland Security Director to replace retiring Director (6 months)

Appoint a permanent Fire Chief (6 months)

Appoint a Board-Certified Pathologist as DC Chief Medical Examiner; examine the need for a Forensics Chief (6 months)

Develop a comprehensive public safety agency training enhancement strategy (6 months)

Implement alternatives for reducing EMS "Frequent Flyer" heavy users (6 months)

Develop a strategy for better managing attrition at the Department of Corrections (6 months)

Explore expanding death pronouncement authority to FEMS (9 months)

Establish a 24-7-365 Mayor's Call Number (Phase 1: 6 months) and roll out citywide 311 (Phase 2: 1 year)

Expand FEMS Safety Net of First Responders by expanding training to other DC agencies (start within first year)

Transform MPD’s customer interactions to ensure responsiveness and foster community engagement as measured by a customer satisfaction survey (1st year)

Finalize the design for local forensics lab (1st year)

Build homeland security and emergency preparedness into the culture of MPD and the community (1st year)