WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), Pamela A. Smith, announced on Monday that she will be stepping down from her position. Smith said she is “deeply humbled, ...

President Donald Trump's takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department came as a result of politicians in Washington, D.C., failing to take control of an increase in youth violence, a law enforcement ...

Metropolitan Police Department Chief of Police Pamela A. Smith is stepping down after two-and-a-half years, she and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday. Smith was appointed in 2023 and is the ...

In a 13-minute speech in front of her mother, the mayor and the Metropolitan Police Department command staff, D.C. Chief of Police Pamela Smith angrily defended the job she did and called out the ...