WASHINGTON — Politicians in the nation's capital are expected on Tuesday to pass what is being called an emergency public safety bill to address rising crime rates in the city.
As of Monday, homicide in Washington was up 17% year-to-date compared to 2022, while reported robberies were up 52% and motor vehicle thefts were up 117%, according to police statistics.
Some of the proposed emergency laws include removing requirements for a person to be held for a dangerous crime -- such as carjacking, kidnapping, felony assault with a knife or other weapons -- and for juveniles to be held whether or not they were armed if they are suspected of committing a dangerous crime.
At a Monday press conference, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson reversed an earlier assessment he gave Congress during testimony at a March hearing about D.C.'s public safety.During the earlier March hearing on Capitol Hill, Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx noted that"on average, any given homicide suspect in D.C. has already been arrested 11 times before he or she actually commits homicide," a statistic many officials, including former Police Chief Robert Contee, have shared.
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