D.C. mayor wants to build police force to 4,000 officers but many Council members say that might be too ambitious.
, and Bowser described it as “a work in progress.” This year, she is proposing $8 million to expand alternative-justice programs such as life coaching and rental assistance for those most at risk for violence.
Twice this year, academy classes that are typically filled with at least two dozen recruits had 15 and 18 members, according to city officials. D.C. police are even advertising on New York City subway trains, with one poster urging “gamers, foodies, techies, influencers” to join the crime-fighting ranks in the nation’s capital.
He said unique crime trends, job descriptions and management duties should be taken into account. McCabe described D.C. as an outlier in that its officers have duties not contemplated by other agencies, such as near-daily demonstrations and assisting with security details and motorcades. D.C. Council member Charles Allen , who chairs the public safety committee and has criticized police as moving slowly on reform efforts, said he is willing to support an increase in the number of officers this fiscal year. The discussion on “the nature of what we want policing to be” will continue, he said.
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