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24 Sep, 2007 6:29 am
... Justice News, September 24, 2007. "Washington, D.C., Police Chief Cathy Lanier is announcing a
wholesale reorganization of the department today, abandoning the structure established by predecessor ... 3,900-member force more agile and increase police presence, Lanier is shrinking her senior staff, beefing up technology, and putting patrol ... African American under Ramsey; two of six assistant chiefs will be black
under Lanier, who is white. 'I didn't sit down and go, 'Who can I promote with what race ...
12 Oct, 2007 6:21 am
... ., police will revive a gun-recovery unit, reports the Washington Post. Police Chief Cathy Lanier
hopes it will get hundreds of guns off city streets, curb violent crime ... , putting more uniformed officers on the streets instead. The new unit signals a shift in how Lanier plans to reduce homicides, which are up 7 percent from last year, as she ... year under Ramsey, police confiscated more than 2,600 guns.
Lanier wants to go deeper to get to the source of the firearms. "It's ridiculous. There are way ...
29 Mar, 2007 8:23 am
... 's probably the last thing D.C.'s new mayor, Adrian Fenty, and his new chief of police, Cathy Lanier, would like to see happen. I therefore recommend that Fenty or Lanier phone Webb and ask the senator straight
out whether he intends in the future to obey D.C.'s gun laws. ... is the job of Thompson's prosecutors.) If Webb answers anything other than "yes," then Lanier should dispatch a police officer to frisk Webb at the senator's next public appearance outside the Capitol. ...
13 Mar, 2008 6:26 am
... weapons, reports the Washington Post. Mayor Adrian Fenty and Police Chief Cathy Lanier announced
yesterday the Safe Homes Initiative, aimed at parents and guardians ... during the searches." " 'If we come across illegal contraband, we will confiscate it,' Lanier said. 'But amnesty means amnesty. We're trying to get guns ... and drugs off the street.' Fenty and Lanier
announced the plan as part of a new strategy to deal with the prevalence of firearms in a city with one of the strictest gun control laws ...
10 Mar 6:23 am
... crime cameras that cost the Washington, D.C., police department $4 million last year have aided police investigations and led to a decrease in crime, Police Chief Cathy Lanier said yesterday, reports the Washington Post. Lanier told a
City Council committee that last year was a safer ... were fewer gun crimes than during any summer since at least 2003, she said. Lanier
credited the cameras with contributing to a decrease in the number of violent crimes within 1,000 feet of each ...
1 Feb, 2007 7:00 am
... for,' said John C. Lamberth of West Chester, Pa., author of the study. The study flagged no problems at 23 locations and no concerns about traffic stops. It raised questions about
pedestrian stops at two intersections. Acting Police Chief Cathy Lanier was pleased with the 23
places that showed no racial bias but was concerned with the other two. 'I don't want there to be a higher ratio anywhere,' ...
15 Mar, 2007 6:03 am
"Give Us Back Our Gun Law": Cathy Lanier and Vincent Schiraldi have this op-ed today in The
Washington Post.
16 Jul, 2007 8:57 am
... . Roberts, Jr., for a 30-day extension of time to file the case. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and city Attorney General Linda Singer disclosed the appeal plan at a press conference, along
with local Police Chief Cathy Lanier. (A news release announcing the action can be found here ) The
Mayor said: "We have made the determination that this law can and should be defended and we are willing to take our case to the highest court in the ...
16 Jul, 2007 6:31 am
... Adrian M. Fenty and Attorney General Linda Singer will announce the District's next move following the 2-1 decision of the D.C. Circuit's Decision in Parker v. District of Columbia,
the challenge to the District of Columbia's handgun laws. Who: Mayor Adrian M. Fenty Attorney General Linda Singer MPD Chief Cathy
Lanier When: Monday, July 16, 11:00 a.m.
21 Aug, 2007 9:01 pm
blank">Bill of Rights. (From the blank">public domain.) Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty and his hand-picked police chief, Cathy
Lanier, have been in office for many months. Having previously served on the D.C. City Council for several years, Mayor Fenty doubtlessly knows
that demonstrators of all stripes come to the nation's capital throughout the year, and that the First Amendment protects their demonstration ...
5 Jun, 2008 4:00 am
... lessons from his parents who took a risk at opening an ultimately thriving running store. Of course, civil liberties violations often are caused by well-meaning people. That truism
arrived like a sledgehammer this week, when mayor Fenty gave police chief Cathy Lanier carte blanche
to authorize ten-day "Neighborhood Safety Zones" where, according to mayor Fenty's June 4, 2008, news release, "public safety checks ...
24 Feb 4:37 am
... ran a series last year that pointed to the suspect, Ingmar Guandique, 27. He is in prison for attacking two women at knifepoint in Rock Creek Park, where Levy's remains were found
in 2002. Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier told Levy's parents in California that, 'We really came
down with a break.' The Post didn't describe the break, but the New York Times, quoting anonymous law enforcement sources, says it was based on information ...
9 Jul 10:03 am
... cool: Area drivers looking to outwit police speed traps and traffic cameras are using an iPhone application and other global positioning system devices that pinpoint the location of
the cameras. That has irked D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier, who promised her officers would pick up
their game to counteract the devices, which can also help drivers dodge sobriety checkpoints. The police chief is upset, because: "I think that's the ...
15 Jul 9:00 pm
... a pleasant evening. blank">As I wrote last year, while many were perhaps still giddy over his ascension to the mayorship two years earlier, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty gave police
chief Cathy Lanier carte blanche to authorize ten-day "Neighborhood Safety Zones" where, according to
mayor Fenty's June 4, 2008, news release, "public safety checks will be established along the main thoroughfares of the established neighborhoods." ...
5 Jun, 2008 8:02 pm
... a new program that D.C. officials hope will help them rescue the city from its out-of-control violence. Under an executive order expected to be announced today, police Chief
Cathy L. Lanier will have the authority to designate "Neighborhood Safety Zones." At least six
officers will man cordons around ... D.C. into a police state or of giving the D.C. AG's office a Biglaw glow. Lanier plans to seal off rough
'hoods in latest effort to stop wave of violence [Washington Examiner] D ...
16 Jan, 2007 9:28 pm
From washingtonpost.com: University of Cincinnati Criminal Justice Professor John E. Eck discusses the appeal of foot patrols with regard to the new D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and the
acting police chief Cathy L. Lanier new plan to incorporate foot...
7 Jun, 2008 2:34 am
... D.C. officials hope will help them rescue the city from its out-of-control violence. Under an executive order expected to be announced today, police Chief Cathy L. Lanier will have the authority to designate "Neighborhood Safety Zones." At least six officers will man
cordons around those zones and demand identification from people coming in and out of them. Anyone who doesn't live there, work there or ...
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