Mayor Bowser Announces New Intelligence-Led Policing Unit Focusing on Violent Crime
Date Released:
Mon, 04/25/2022
(Washington, DC) Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Robert J. Contee III announced the Violent Crime Impact Team (VCIT), a collaborative effort between local and federal partners to remove illegal firearms from the community and apprehend armed criminals. The focus of VCIT is to reduce violent crime by using more intelligence-driven operations and enhance our investigative abilities through federal agency partnerships.
