D.C. federal prosecutors say they expect to scrap dozens of gun and drug cases as an internal investigation of officers in the Seventh District continues.
D.C. federal prosecutors say they expect to scrap dozens of gun and drug cases as an internal investigation of officers in the 7th District continuesFederal prosecutors expect to dismiss dozens of felony gun and drug cases involving officers on a violent crime squad in the D.C. police department’s 7th District, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office said, after an ongoing internal investigation raised questions about the officers’ credibility.Bill Miller, a U.S.
The seven officers were part of a roughly 20-person specialized unit, which was freed from responding to routine calls to concentrate on patrolling neighborhoods in the 7th District, which includes communities in Southeast Washington such as Anacostia and Washington Highlands, for drugs and guns. A majority of that team has since been replaced with other officers from other departments across the city, D.C. police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck said.
Defense attorneys in D.C. Superior Court said that after the internal affairs investigation became public on Sept. 30, they began noticing cases involving 7th District officers being dismissed — though often in such a way they could be refiled at a later date. A Washington Post review of recently dismissed gun cases found many involving 7th District crime suppression team officers, though the exact reason for their being dropped was not immediately clear.
“I am a criminal defense attorney, but my grandfather was a police officer. I have a high respect for police officers, but not these officers,” Jacques said.
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