Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) introduced legislation Thursday that would launch on a pair of gun violence reduction strategies that national criminal justice experts recommended to the District more than a year ago — the latest legislative proposal in a year in which soaring violent crime put council members under pressure to show residents they are taking action.
Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) introduced legislation Thursday that would launch on a pair of gun violence reduction strategies that national criminal justice experts recommended to the District more than a year ago — the latest legislative proposal in a year in which soaring violent crime put council members under pressure to show residents they are taking action. Fast, informative and written just for locals. Get The 7 DMV newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning.
Mendelson has long argued that legislation is not the sole solution to reducing crime and that police and the mayor’s office bear most of that responsibility. Now, his bill would order the executive to move forward with crime-fighting strategies that are largely already within the mayor and police“The mayor talks about, ‘well, the council needs to do things.’ All right. So we’ve identified five different strategies with this bill, four of which the mayor can do, but she hasn’t. So we’ll legislate it,” Mendelson sai
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