We’ve all seen them. Some of us have put them up ourselves. They’re Emergency No Parking signs, and they’re a fact of life in neighborhoods like Georgetown. They ordinarily evoke a bit of frustration, and sometimes a whole lot, but we learn to live with them. Those that have had to put them up themselves [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘MPD’
October 1, 2009
Closing the Books on the Summer Crime Stats
About half-way through the summer, GM took a look at the crime stats and found that while the numbers were up versus last year, there did not appear to be a sharp spike in summer crime. Now that the air has a chill and the summer is officially over, GM thought he’d take a look [...]
June 25, 2009
The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: The Georgetowner asks: where’d all the mailboxes go? Washington Business Journal thinks the corner of Calvert and Wisconsin is in Georgetown The Current reports that the reimbursable detail for which the BID is paying $100,000 is for the Summer only. GM mistakenly thought it was for the whole year. [...]
June 18, 2009
BID Budgets Up to $100,000 for Overtime Cops
The Georgetown Current reported yesterday that the Georgetown BID resolved to budget up to $100,000 for the coming months to hire off-duty MPD police officers to patrol Georgetown streets during “peak hours”. Unlike the CAG Neighborhood Guards program, these officers will still have all the powers of a normal cop to arrest suspects, etc.
June 7, 2009
Crime Alert: Burglars on the Loose
From MPD2D: The following is a crime alert for residents of PSA 206 involvingseveral recent burglaries: * June 5, 2009, between 9:15 am and 5:10 pm – 1800 block 35thStreet NW – unknown suspect entered through a open/unlocked window andstole electronic equipment and jewelry* June 5, 2009, between 8:30 am and 7:00 pm – 2700 block [...]
January 4, 2009
MPD No Longer Providing Daily Crime Summaries
Members of the MPD2d listserv may have noticed that they haven’t received a daily summary of crimes for the last two weeks. For those not receiving this listserv, the daily update of crimes provides a listing and description of each crime that occurred in the Second District separated into each PSA (Georgetown’s is 206). For [...]
