“When residents and officers trust each other and understand each other, we are all safer.”
-Mayor Muriel Bowser
We are building a safer, stronger DC by making historic investments in our public safety agencies, doubling down on community policing efforts while increasing accountability at MPD, enhancing the District’s public health approach to violence prevention, and giving residents and businesses the tools and knowledge they need to support our first responders. From Hands on Hearts to the Private Security Camera Incentive Program to the new Safer Stronger DC Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, the Bowser Administration is making public safety in Washington, DC a community-based effort. Read More [PDF]