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2009 News Listing
2008 News Listing
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News Release for Immediate Release
January 5, 2007Fenty, Lanier Commit to Increased, Customized Community Policing Media Contact: Mafara Hobson (202) 727-2320
(Washington,DC) Today, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, joined by Acting Police Chief Cathy Lanier, laid out his Administration’s strategy for optimizing the city’s community policing effort. Fenty has long believed in the intrinsic link between strong community policing and crime reduction.
“I have walked every neighborhood in this great city and there was one theme that I heard in every ward, every block, and every town hall. This theme was the need for increased community policing, the need for accessible law enforcement presence,” said Mayor Fenty. “The call for increased police visibility has been heard loud and clear. Today, we address this crucial need.”
Specifically, the Administration’s strategy will achieve the following goals:
- Reduce crime and the fear of crime in the community
- Customized Community Policing
- Ensure that officers have the tools necessary to maximize efficiency and effectiveness
- Enhance investigations to better address DC’s neighborhood-based violent crime by moving to community-based homicide investigations
- Transform MPD’s citizen interactions to ensure responsiveness & foster community engagement
- Improve officer responsiveness
- Enhance outreach efforts to connect with all segments of the community
- Integrate homeland security and emergency preparedness practices into the MPD culture and the community without creating fear
- Partner with government agencies, the private sector, and the community to enhance awareness of emergency preparedness and terrorist activities
- Integrate homeland security and emergency preparedness into the responsibilities of all MPD employees
- Redefine professionalism within the Metropolitan Police Department
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