Chief Lanier Talks to Loganites
In case you missed it, DCist posted an account of what MPD Chief-designate Lanier told the February meeting of Logan Circle neighbors. What she said should be of interest to us too.
If ANC2F can get the Chief to show up, why couldn't ANC2C? After all, our area has all the bang-bang going on. Or would that require some initiative on the Chairman's part? And maybe a more cooperative attitude toward the MPD?
posted by DaddyFiveOh @ 6:29 AM
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We are the dysfunctional pariah ANC at the remote edge of Eurocentric Ward 2, that's why.
I can't believe Cheif Lanier wants more cops! We already have the highest number of cops per capita in the US. We have about 6 per 1000. Next highest is NYC with about 4 per 1000. I asked her about police complaints. The most active officers recieve the most complaints while underperforming officers recieve few complaints because they are not making arrests. Most complaints are bogus (92% nationally). Yet officers are often punished for administrative errors even when the complaints are unfounded. Our best officers are leaving for places where they will be supported for doing their job. We are left with the useless cops. She seemed to think that the process did not serve the officers well but she did not address the problem of underperforming cops.
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