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Park Police offers response after canceling meeting with local politicians 02/15/2018 12:14am • WASHINGTON — A meeting Tuesday between U.S. Park Police, a D.C. delegate and a Virginia congressman was meant to discuss a proposed bill about required use of body and dashboard cameras for uniformed federal officers. But U.S. Park Police Chief Robert MacLean canceled that meeting with D.C. Del Park Police chief cancels meeting about proposed camera requirement 02/13/2018 09:33pm • WASHINGTON — As investigators piece together the events surrounding motorist Bijan Ghaisar's fatal shooting, D.C.'s delegate and a Virginia congressman are pushing to require that U.S. Park Police use body and dashboard cameras. But a meeting to discuss the bill with U.S. Park Police Chief Rob Family denied copy of 911 call in Park Police fatal shooting case 02/13/2018 08:02pm • WASHINGTON — Arlington County has denied a request from the family of Bijan Ghaisar to release the 911 call made after a hit-and-run crash he was involved in before a police chase ended with U.S. Park Police fatally shooting him. The 911 call was made at about 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 17, 2017, after Family of Va. man shot by Park Police wants explanation for each shot 01/27/2018 12:19am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'a2c6fd1d-bd0f-441d-8e32-b9947683cf17' }).render("980615366faa5e75");}); WASHINGTON — The chants of “We are Bi Chase, shooting of Va. man prompts Norton to act in Congress 01/26/2018 06:53pm • WASHINGTON —  As the FBI investigates the shooting of an unarmed Virginia man by the U.S. Park Police, a D.C. congresswoman is taking action. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., called the chase and shooting of 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar last November a violation and tragedy. "But for the vi Questions raised over Park Police policies after deadly shooting 01/26/2018 04:30am • WASHINGTON — After police dashcam video of the pursuit and shooting of Bijan Ghaisar was released, WTOP is taking a look at the policies of United States Park Police that apply to the shooting. Ghaisar, 25, died from his injuries two weeks after U.S. Park Police officers chased him down the G Video: Multiple shots fired at moving SUV in fatal Park Police traffic stop 01/24/2018 12:40pm • WASHINGTON — Dashcam video released by Fairfax County police Wednesday appears to show officers firing as many as nine shots into an SUV that had eluded police twice on the George Washington Parkway. Bijan Ghaisar, 25, of McLean, died nearly two weeks after that traffic stop in November from he 'I want answers': Family of McLean man fatally shot by Park Police still waiting for explanation 12/24/2017 07:44pm • WASHINGTON —  A 25-year-old man from McLean, Virginia was killed last month after an officer shot him, and his family said they're still in the dark about what led to that deadly shooting. Bijan Ghaisar was a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and his family described him as a ''kin FBI: 'Premature' release of Park Police fatal shooting video 'risks fair, impartial' investigation 12/13/2017 12:36pm • WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation will not yet release video showing the shooting of a Northern Virginia man by U.S. Park Police after a pursuit on the George Washington Parkway, despite requests from the Fairfax County police chief and Board of Supervisors. On Nov. 17, Bijan Gha Vigil held for Fairfax County man fatally shot by US Park Police 12/08/2017 01:59am • WASHINGTON -- The reflection of hundreds of battery-powered candles glimmered from the pool at the Lincoln Memorial, as friends, families and even strangers held vigil on the National Mall for a man fatally wounded by U.S. Park Police. Bijan Ghaisar, 25, an accountant from McLean, Virginia, died Va. chief calls for release of video capturing fatal shooting by Park Police 12/04/2017 07:59pm • WASHINGTON — Video captured the shooting of a Northern Virginia man by U.S. Park Police after a pursuit on the George Washington Parkway last month. And Fairfax County police Chief Edwin Roessler called for the FBI to publicly release the video of the deadly shooting. Bijan Ghaisar was a gradu Va. man shot 3 times by US Park Police dies; family says he was unarmed 11/28/2017 02:25pm • WASHINGTON - A Fairfax County man who was shot three times in the head has died nearly two weeks after a violent encounter with U.S. Park Police and his family is demanding answers. The family of Bijan Ghaisar, age 25 and a 2010 Langley High School graduate, said the accountant was unarmed. Hi