D.C. police chief remains in command
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D.C. police retain some control
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Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a new order Friday giving control of Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department back to Chief Pamela Smith, but would still require the city to answer to the Trump administration for the time being.
The city’s Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit calling for an emergency restraining order to block the move, accusing the Trump Administration of implementing a “hostile takeover” of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) that would lead to “imminent, irreparable harm”.
Under the accord presented by the two sides to U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, Trump administration lawyers conceded that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's appointed police chief, Pamela Smith, would remain in command of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department.
Independence will conduct a nationwide search for a new top cop after Chief Adam Dustman resigned abruptly effective Friday.
The Marysville Police Department has named its next police chief following the retirement of Christian Sachs, which came weeks after an officer at the department was shot and killed while serving a search warrant.
Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order rescinding sanctuary city policies in Washington, D.C. and naming an "emergency police commissioner."
A New Jersey township has enacted an ordinance holding parents accountable for their children's public misbehavior.