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'Dean' of DC crime beat on importance of local coverage: 'People want to know what's going on in their community' 02/05/2026 02:18pm • For 27 years, Tom Jackman of the Washington Post broke crime and courts stories ranging from the 2002 D.C. Sniper case to the 2007 Virginia Tech mass shooting to the 2017 shooting of unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar. With Wednesday's announcement that the Post laid off one-third of its staff, incl US Park Police chief to report directly to Interior secretary under new order 09/04/2025 05:22am • The Department of the Interior is restructuring the U.S. Park Police, moving its leadership one step closer to the White House by placing the chief under direct supervision of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In an order signed by Burgum, Chief Jessica Taylor will now report directly to Burgum or Park Police officers who fatally shot Bijan Ghaisar return to duty 01/14/2025 12:49pm • The U.S. Park Police officers who fatally shot unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar in 2017 have returned to duty after being cleared of criminal wrongdoing by the inspector general, according to a D.C. court document. Lucas Vinyard and Alejandro Amaya had been on paid administrative leave after shooti Inspector general finds US Park Police officers justified in 2017 shooting of unarmed driver Bijan Ghaisar 11/13/2024 09:45am • Two U.S. Park Police officers were justified in pursuing and eventually shooting unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar in November 2017, according to a newly-released Department of the Interior inspector general's report. Ghaisar's mother told WTOP the release of the report, a few days before the sevent Iranian community dedicates Bijan Ghaisar Library to victim of fatal 2017 US Park Police shooting 09/05/2024 09:45am • It was nearly seven years ago that an unarmed man was shot to death by U.S. Park Police officers after he drove away from a fender bender on the George Washington Parkway. On Wednesday, Bijan Ghaisar's family and friends dedicated a library to his memory on what would have been his 32nd birthday. Citing 'career and financial consequences,' officers who shot, killed Bijan Ghaisar file lawsuit against Interior Department  07/31/2024 09:19am • More than six years after two U.S. Park Police officers shot and killed unarmed driver Bijan Ghaisar in Fairfax County, the officers — who were cleared of any criminal wrongdoing — have filed a federal lawsuit against the Interior Department. The agency took steps to fire officers Lucas Vinya After $5M settlement, family of Bijan Ghaisar plans to continue push 'to save lives and do justice' 04/28/2023 01:18pm • The family of a Virginia man shot and killed by two U.S. Park Police officers after a minor traffic crash in 2017 said they will use a $5 million settlement to push for changes in laws changing policing standards. Last week, the family of 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar reached a $5 million settlement Bijan Ghaisar's family reaches $5M settlement in 2017 US Park Police shooting 04/21/2023 05:48pm • The family of the unarmed Virginia man shot and killed by U.S. Park Police officers in 2017 after a traffic stop has reached a $5 million settlement with the federal government, according to a court filing in the case. The Washington Post first reported on the filing. Bijan Ghaisar's mother an Bijan Ghaisar's mother responds to body camera video of teenager shot, killed by Park Police 04/05/2023 10:55pm • The mother of Bijan Ghaisar, the unarmed Virginia man shot and killed by U.S. Park Police almost six years ago, responded to the recently released video of a teenager in a stolen car fatally shot by Park Police last month. "I wish we had the body camera images from Bijan's case," Kelly Ghaisar sa 'Small step forward' -- Interior Dept. to require body cams for law enforcement 10/03/2022 05:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department on Monday launched a set of new policies that would require thousands of law enforcement officers to wear body cameras, ensures the release of footage in some critical incidents and restricts the use of so-called no-knock warrants. The announcement Justice Dept. says it won't reopen Ghaisar investigation 06/10/2022 04:04pm • The Justice Department on Friday said it would not reopen the investigation into the case of Bijan Ghaisar, the unarmed motorist who was shot by U.S. Park Police in 2017. The department said in a statement that “there was insufficient evidence to establish a willful violation” of the statute, Civil rights groups join calls for DOJ to revisit Ghaisar case, citing new evidence 05/19/2022 04:58pm • Forty-five organizations, including national civil rights, criminal justice reform and progressive advocacy groups, have joined Capitol Hill lawmakers in asking the U.S. Department of Justice to revisit the case of Bijan Ghaisar, an unarmed motorist killed by the U.S. Park Police in 2017. A lette 'You don't do that': New evidence prompts request to have DOJ revisit Bijan Ghaisar case 05/05/2022 10:54am • Capitol Hill lawmakers are calling on the Justice Department to revisit the Bijan Ghaisar case, citing, in part, new evidence. In the weeks after unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar was fatally shot by U.S. Park Police in November 2017, a Fairfax County police officer told the FBI he didn't see a Park 7 members of Congress ask Justice Department to revisit Bijan Ghaisar case 05/04/2022 06:31pm • Seven members of Congress, including six from the D.C. area, are asking the Justice Department to revisit the case of Bijan Ghaisar, the Virginia motorist who was shot and killed by the U.S. Park Police in 2017. “Nearly five years after the fatal shooting of Bijan, it remains unclear to the Gha Family speaks out after Virginia AG ends prosecution of officers in Bijan Ghaisar killing 04/23/2022 05:24pm • The parents of Bijan Ghaisar stood outside of the U.S. Department of Justice in downtown D.C. on Saturday, asking for help after the Virginia Attorney General ended prosecution against two officers accused of manslaughter for fatally shooting their son. On Friday afternoon, the Virginia Attorney