The D.C. Council is scheduled to vote on the Peace DC measure, a follow-up to last year’s Secure DC legislation aimed at ...

The D.C. Council also debated a separate public safety bill introduced by Brooke Pinto (D-Ward 2) that would permanently ...

That legislation, introduced by Judiciary and Public Safety Committee Chairwoman Brooke Pinto (D-Ward 2), will go into effect for 90 days, as soon as D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) signs it.

The DC Council advanced a bill to combat crime and prevent violence, despite some criticism over pretrial detention and its ...

Mayor Muriel Bowser is set to cut the ribbon on the newly reopened Public Safety Communications Center on Wednesday.

The Washington, D.C., deputy mayor for public safety and justice resigned from his position after being charged with assault on Oct. 1, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced during a press conference ...

Major legislation aimed at combating crime in Washington, D.C., known as the Peace D.C. Plan, is going before the full city ...

WASHINGTON — After months of debate over solutions to crime in the District, the DC Council is set to vote Tuesday on a massive public safety package. The legislation dubbed "Secure DC Omnibus ...

The D.C. Council will consider several public safety bills as it returns from recess following a violent summer. D.C. has seen significant increases in homicides, carjackings and robberies this year.

Public safety legislation unveiled Wednesday by local lawmakers in the nation’s capital is aimed at bringing down spiraling violent crimes rates that have stoked public anxiety and prompted ...