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DOJ responds to Va., Md. governors' demand for tighter security around justices' homes 05/12/2022 06:20am • Abortion-rights supporters march to the house of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in Alexandria, Virginia, on May 9, 2022. Alito wrote the draft opinion that would overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade decision. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Days after a leak scandal rocked Washingto 2 teens injured in Montgomery County dirt bike crash 05/12/2022 01:38am • Two teenagers are in the hospital after their dirt bikes collided near a farm field in Poolesville, Maryland, Wednesday night. Montgomery County Police say the crash happened just before 7 p.m. in the 15200 block of Partnership Road. More Montgomery County News More Maryland News 2 killed in Montgomery Co. shooting 05/11/2022 11:10pm • A 16-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man are dead after a shooting in Germantown, Maryland. Wednesday afternoon. More Crime News Montgomery County Police say their officers responded to Crystal Rock Drive at about 4:30 p.m. after a reported shooting. In a statement to WTOP, pol Teenager arrested for bomb threat made at Dunbar High during Emhoff visit 05/11/2022 10:23pm • D.C. police and the Secret Service have arrested a teenager in connection with a bomb threat at Dunbar High School in February, which happened when second gentleman Doug Emhoff was visiting the school. A 17-year-old girl has been arrested, D.C. police said Wednesday, and the investigation is ongo Memorial ceremony honors police dogs that died in the line of duty 05/11/2022 09:26pm • National Police Week has been in existence since the early 1960s, when President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation that declared May 15 as Peace Officer’s Memorial Day. The day falls during National Police Week. A fairly recent addition to National Police Week’s annual events lineup Family of slain officer Jacai Colson settles with Prince George’s County 05/11/2022 02:26pm • Sheila and Jim Colson, the parents of Jacai Colson, at the announcement of a settlement with Prince George's County. (WTOP/John Domen) The family of Jacai Colson, a Prince George’s County police officer gunned down by another cop six years ago, said on Wednesday that the county has settled a c Alexandria sees early success pairing police, mental health professionals 05/11/2022 09:27am • A program pairing police with mental health professionals to better handle people in a mental crisis is finding early success in Alexandria, Virginia, according to a report commissioned by the city.   The Alexandria Co-Response Program, or ACORP, is a collaboration between the Alexandria Police De DC police hire former US Park Police chief to lead equity efforts 05/11/2022 08:15am • D.C. police have hired former U.S. Park Police Chief Pamela Smith to serve as the department's first chief equity officer. Chief Robert Contee said Tuesday that Smith would fill the new position, created to lead the department's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. More D.C. News In Maryland GOP governor race, Schulz campaign calls Cox 'unstable' and 'unfit for office' 05/11/2022 08:10am • Del. Daniel L. Cox and former Commerce Secretary Kelly M. Schulz are vying for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in the July 19 primary. (Maryland Matters/Danielle E. Gaines) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Girls groped near Prince William Co. middle school; police release suspect photo 05/11/2022 07:35am • Surveillance footage shows a man sought in the alleged groping of two girls in Triangle, Virginia, on May 9. (Courtesy Prince William County police) Two 12-year-old girls — each walking toward Graham Park Middle School in Triangle, Virginia, Monday morning — were grabbed and groped. Princ Phasing out resource officers in DC schools to continue as planned 05/11/2022 04:31am • School resource officers are one step closer to being phased out in the District's public schools. In an 8-5 vote Tuesday, the D.C. Council stuck with a plan to gradually reduce the number of school resource officers in public and charter schools from 60 personnel starting July 1 of this year, to Arrest made in fatal shooting of teenager in Columbia Heights 05/10/2022 10:39pm • Police in D.C. have arrested a 16-year-old in connection with a shooting that killed another teenager in the Columbia Heights area. Malachi Jackson, 15, was found shot and killed on the 3000 block of 13th Street Northwest on April 11. On Tuesday, police arrested a Northwest D.C. teenager on a Etch and Catch program aims to curb catalytic converter thefts 05/10/2022 04:27pm • Catalytic converters have become a popular target for thieves, and police in Takoma Park, Maryland, hope to change that. The police department has teamed up again with a local auto repair shop to launch an Etch and Catch program, which will allow vehicle owners to get their license plate number e Reward offered, photos released in shooting of teen girl at Prince William Co. carnival 05/10/2022 01:48pm • A reward has been offered in the shooting of a girl at a carnival at a Prince William County, Virginia, school last month, and police on Tuesday released photos of a suspect. A 14-year-old girl was wounded in the shooting April 15 on the campus of Gar-Field High School, on Smoketown Road in Woodb Hogan announces aid package for Ukraine 05/10/2022 01:36pm • Maryland is sending a multimillion-dollar aid package of supplies to Ukraine, including medical supplies and body armor, Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday. Hogan said the Maryland Department of Health is donating much needed medical equipment including 485,000 bandages and wound care supplies and 200