| 101 | Mintz | Markets and Murders: Up/Down Year: Homicides Drop in Largest Cities:DC
Bucks Trends |
| 102 | Editor | DC Numbers to Watch in '97: DC Murder rate
up, others down |
| 112 | Editor | More Questions About Lorton |
| 113 | Thompson | Crime Surges in Quiet Corner of DC (residents tempted to leave Tacoma
Park) |
| 118 | Editor | DC Concerns: Money...Crime and Punishment
(keep fed pymt, comp sentencing) |
| 118 | Thomas-Lester | DC Police
Official Sues City, Soulsby over demotion |
| 126 | Thompson | DC Police Lag in
Hiring New Recruits(Beef-up plan behind schedule) |
| 126 | Harris | Barry Proposes
Fewer Officers for DC Police Department to balance budget |
| 130 | Thompson | DC Corrections Plans to Send 1500 Lorton Prisoners to Ohio |
| 131 | Thompson | Prison Privatization Called 'Grand Slam for Change in DC' |
| FEBRUARY, 1997 |
| 205 | Locy | Disabled DC Inmates Sue Corrections Dept (lack of ramps, access) |
| 207 | Casaneda |
Police Union to Call Again for Federal Help--DC Dept Demoralized
by disdain |
| 209 | Vise/Thompson | Senate Leader (Lott) Calls for
Drastic Action on Violence in DC |
| 211 | Editor | The Districts
Public Safety Debate (stop finger-pointing) |
| 215 | Castaneda | DC Crime Down,
Barry Says--sees significant progress |
| 219 | Vise/Thompson | Consultant
Finds Barry Stifles Police--Recommends Shifting Power to Chief |
| 220 | Vise | Barry to Cede Some Power Over Police |
| 226 | Harris/Vise | No Death
Penalty for DC , US Attny Holder Says--Would Abolish Parole |
| 227 | Duggan/Wheeler | Officers Keep Low Profile after Shake-up--Wait and See |
| 227 | Thompson/Vise | Soulsby Revamps Police: Top Brass Purged, 400 More Cops to Fight Viol
Crime |
| MARCH,
1997 |
| 301 | King | The Chief on Top--and on the Spot (Barry vs
Police Chief) |
| 306 | Mooar/Locy | Lawsuit Says DC Misused Crime
Funds--grant alleged misspent |
| 307 | Horwitz/Thompson | 400
Officers to Hit Streets in Blitz on Crime in DC--targets seven
neighborhoods |
| 308 | Miller | 2 DC Police Officers Face Federal Drug
Charges |
| 308 | Thompson | DC Mayor Quietly Hires Police Policy
Adviser |
| 308 | Horwitz+ | DC Police Move to Fire Barry Friend |
| 310 |
| DC MD Law Agencies Join Forces Against Crime at Border |
| 319 | Harris | Piles of Vandalized (parking) Meters Found in DC--suspect crime
ring |
| 319 | Duggan | Barry Friend to Retire from Force--police
wanted to fire him |
| 320 | Vise | DC Withdraws Prison Contract After Criticism
from Control Board |
| 323 | Editor | Escaping a Bad Prison Contract--another
Barry bad deal |
| 326 | Editor | A Mary Treadwell Replay?--Barry
ex-wife--may be caught in fraud again |
| 328 | Lengel | Bluer Line (Higher
Police Profile) Makes Its DC Debut--worries some |
| APRIL, 1997 |
| 401 | Thompson | DC Houses New Worker in Luxury--corrections employee in $2500 apt |
| 402 | Mooar | Corrections Chief Told to Pay Half Rent
Bill |
| 407 | Loeb | District Wants Relief from Cost of Court
Orders--citing $454M Liability |
| 409 | Thompson | Detail
Failings of DC Police Dept--chronic problems of minimum level work |
| 412 | Editor |
DC Prisoners, DC Sentences--DC should not relinquish power |
| 413 | Thompson | Crime Initiative Strains DC Justice
System--scrambling to house new inmates |
| 418 | Thompson | Panel to
Review DC Police, NAACP Says--using activists, ex-officers |
| 418 | Powell | DC Spent Victims Aid on Salaries--Program taken away from Human
Services |
| 422 | Thompson | Outcry, Suspicions Greet Barry Death
Penalty Plan--for cop-killers |
| 428 | Williams | Barry's
Death Penalty Stand Puzzles Many--though 48% of blacks approve |
| MAY, 1997 |
| 505 | Thompson | DC
Police Zero In on Petty Crime--Stirring Wave of Arrests and Complaints |
| 506 | Thompson | Norton Seeks Extra Help for DC
Police--broadening role of Federal Agencies' units |
| 508 | Harris/Thompson | Death Penalty Favored in DC--polls show strong support among
blacks |
| 509 | Locy | IRS was Asked Not to Audit DC Officers--by
US Prosecutors exploring fraud |
| 510 | Locy | Many DC
Officers Were Audited Eventually in Income Tax Case(filing false returns) |
| 510 | King | Why Was Maurice Douglas (cop-killer) on the
Streets?--Corrections Dept failures |
| 518 | Locy | At DC Trial,
Clients Praise Tax Preparer as hero--for falsifying taxes |
| 520 | Thompson | (Police Chief) Soulsby to Beef Up Street Patrols Again--500 more
officers, redistricting |
| 521 | Locy | 68 DC Police
Officers Audited, Penalized in Tax Case |
| 527 | Lengel | Injuries
Hit DC officers Doubly Hard--city's tardy payments harm officer's credit
rating |
| 530 | Locy | Man to Testify Against Barry Associate
(lying about loan used for office bldg) |
| 530 | Cohen | One Angry
Man: Paul Butler wants black jurors to put race loyalty above law |
| JUNE, 1997 |
| 602 | Loci | Tax Case Witness Admits He Kew of False (income tax) Filings (by
police) |
| 602 | Thomas | Violent Crime Rate Drops 7 Percent
Nationwide: DC too except murders up 10% here |
| 604 | Thompson | On
Clock in DC--On Job in VA: DC workers fixing Jail Administrator's $321K
House |
| 604 | Harris | DC Council Tries to Stop Police
District Changes |
| 605 |
Locy | Mistrial Declared in Fraud Case Against
DC Tax Preparer (for police) |
| 609 | Wheeler | Police
(Redistricting) Plan Disillusions Many in DC--residents react to surprise |
| 610 | Editor | Overlooking Overtime: Blasting overtime
in Corrections Dept--incl.workers on Sheldon House |
| 612 | Thompson | Barry Criticizes Corrections Director (Moore) over Control of
Overtime |
| 612 | Harris | Barry to Seek New Chief Within Fire
Department--(Otis Latin resigned) |
| 626 | Thompson | Barry
Expands Proposal for Death Penalty--to cover killers of safety workers |
| 626 | Thompson/Vise | DC Police to Receive 10% Pay
Raise--Control Board to shift revenues from fire department |
| JULY, 1997 |
| 703 |
Thompson | DC Probe Finds False Time Sheets (unjustifiable overtime
by corrections workers) |
| 703 | Locy |
DC Police Accused of Coverup (officers lying about fatal shooting) |
| 704 | Locy/Miller | Coverup (by
officers) in DC Shooting Began at Scene |
| 712 |
Thompson | Drug Use Appears Rife Among DC Prisoners (at DC jail,
Lorton, and halfway houses) |
| 713 |
Casteneda | The Corner Store (DC has one of highest concentrations
of liquor stores) |
| 715 | Editor |
Jails Without Walls (City's role in drug sales) |
| 716 | Miller | DC Officer Pleads Guilty in Coverup (in
fatal shooting) |
| 718 | Miller | DC
Told to Improve 911 System (get accessibility for the deaf) |
| 719 | Miller | Female Assistant Named Interim
Prosecutor for DC |
| 720 | Montgomery |
Weapon Study Details Arming of DC Youth (illegal traffickers channel
guns) |
| 724 | Thompson | DC to Close
2 of 3 Halfway Houses, Send Most Employees to Lorton |
| 725 | Vise | DC Police Take Heat Over Closure Rates: Won't
solve half of homicides committed in 1997 |
| 726 |
Locy | Government Drops Charges Against DC Tax Preparer Popular with
Police Officers |
| 730 | Pan |
Killings in DC, Pr George's at 10-Yr Low--police credit changes in
tactics |
| 731 | None | Barry Makes His
Choice for New DC Fire Chief |
| 731 |
Horwitz | Plan Would Close Lorton Over 4 Years-abolish parole,
impose stricter sentences |
| AUGUST, 1997
|
| 804 | Miller | Rescue Would Give DC Tougher Justice System--more time for inmates,
less say for officials |
| 811 | Thompson | DC Pays (hundreds of 2200 total) Guards
Too Much Overtime, Critics Say |
| 813 | Editor | (DC) Corrections'
Ill-Chosen Few--city officials share blame |
| 815 | Torry | Candidate Named to
Succeed Holder--Norton calls (back female) Interior Official "Inspirational"
|
| 817 | Burleigh | Forgotten Washington: Death and Life in a Neighborhood No One
Really Sees (murder is Shaw) |
| 821 | Thompson | 3 DC Officers
Suspended in Beating Investigation, Sources Say |
| 822 | Montgomery | A Crusade for
Peace on Chaotic Streets--pastor tries to convert a few souls at nightly
revivals in NE |
| 825 | Thompson | Progress (more cops out) Problems (poor
practices) Mark DC Police Overhaul--too much Booz-Allen? |
| 826 | Thompson | Young Blacks Entangled in Legal System--50% of 49000 in 18-35 age
grp (accused, jailed, parole) |
| 828 | Pyatt | Negative Report (50%
young blacks into crime) Creates Opportunity for Barry to Prove His Mettle
|
| 829 | Raspberry | Young Black Men in Trouble: result of
"virtual conspiracy of (socioeconomic) circumstances" |
| 829 | Locy | City
Settles $8M Harassment Suit--adds inspector to settle suits at Corrections Dept
|
| 831 | Editor | Shameful State of Corrections: city has proven lack of mgmt skills
to run big corrections institution |
| SEPTEMBER,
1997 | |
| | |
| 906 | King | Diana's
Death--and Thousands' of Others:40,000 worldwide, 6000 in US die daily from
neglect (?) |
| 906 | Ordonez | DC Police Sergeant Accused of Rape--woman says she was bound,
beaten |
| 910 | Lotke | How to Change the Statistics--50% involvement of black
urban youth in justice system not unusual |
| 911 | Loeb | Control Board Rebuffs Barry: DC
Corrections Chief Appointed over Mayor's Sharp Objections |
| 911 | Thompson | DC to Close
(Medium Security Prison) at Lorton Complex, Transfer Inmates to Youngstown,
Ohio |
| 912 | Thompson | For Reappointed DC Corrections Chief (Moore), Always
Another Crisis: Barry says "utterly ineffective" |
| 913 | Lengel | For New DC Fire Chief
(Edwards) Another Rescue Mission--Dept knee-deep in bad eqpt, low
morale,etc. |
| 914 | Editor | Getting Away with Murder in DC--2000 unsolved cases
since '87--closure rate down from 55% in '94 to 34% |
| 914 | Reza | Out of Sync:
Curfew not answer to DC teenage crime--crimes not late at night, even against
juveniles |
| 916 | Miller | DC Council Weighs Outside Police Review: retired
judges would hear citizen complaints re brutality, etc. |
| 917 | Thompson | Homicide
Commander Dreher) Ousted by Soulsby for Low Closure Rate--witness intimidation
cited |
| 918 | Thompson | 17 Supervisors Removed from DC Homicide Unit--for
variety of unprofessional abuses |
| 919 | Thomas-Lester | 49 in DC Homicide Unit Failed to
Solve Any '97 Cases--34% closure way below nat'l avg of 65% |
| 921 | Thompson | DC Officials
Suspect Police Overtime 'Scam'--12 detectives made $100K+ -- more than
Soulsby |
| 921 | Smith | Sentenced to Private Prison--DC inmates say they face
abuse of rights at Ohio facility |
| 922 | Loeb | Respected Judge (Ferren) DC's New Legal
Voice (helped form ANC's) as DC corp counsel w/200 lwyrs |
| 923 | Editor | On the Line for
Unsolved Murders--Soulsby must bear responsibility too. Who's supervising
now? |
| 923 | Soulsby | A New Team for Homicide--outside experts found poor
efficiency, outdated practices, abuses |
| 925 | Loeb | Two Justice Candidates (to serve as
trustees of Corrections Dept) Meet Council, Mayor Barry |
| 926 | Mooar | Two DC Officers
Say Whistleblowing Backfired--threats, intimidation follow "ratting" on Barry
friend |
| 927 | Powell/Horwitz | Control Board, Soulsby Withhold Reports on
Police (mismgmt,, incompetence) as "internal papers" |
| 927 | King | Three Deaths in
the District--instead of protesting, residents should focus on DC gov't
failures |
| 929 | Editor | Secrecy That Harms--Control Board's reports on DC
police failings belong in public domain |
| OCTOBER,
1997 |
|---|
| | |
| 1001 | Williams | DC Council Member (Evans) Rebuffs
Colleagues' Effort to Join (Him at) Police Reform Hearings |
| 1001 | Horwitz/Miller | '(DC)
Homicide Unit Ignored US Tips: Justice Dept suggested ways to solve 136 DC
slayings |
| 1003 | Editor | What Else Is Under the Rug?--re DC Police Dept ignoring Justice Dept
advice |
| 1004 | Locy | (Court-appointed) Monitor Cites 'Depravity' at Lorton--Receiver
requested for Occoquan Prison |
| 1004 | Thomas-Lester | Another DC Policeman Commits
Suicide--second officer in two weeks to shoot himself |
| 1005 | Sanchez | Nation's
Murder Rate at a Low, Other Serious Crimes Down--even in DC |
| 1008 | Thompson | (Influential)
Critics Say (Chief) Soulsby Should Have Known--about poor police
performance |
| 1008 | Powell/Horwitz | Reports Detail Chaos in DC Police
Dept--"almost overwhelming state of disrepair", say CB's Harlan |
| 1009 | Twomey | The Tragedy of
a Troubled Police Force--part of the larger tragedy of the life of the city
itself |
| 1009 | Powell | Reports Critical of DC Police Jolt Officials--DC Council and House DC
Committee members shocked |
| 1011 | Thompson | Police Captain Faults Soulsby on
Overtime--Council told Control Bd knew of abuses months ago |
| 1012 | Reid | DC Roads Take a
Turn for the Better--benefitting from $400M freed up from DC red tape |
| 1014 | Lipton | Lorton
Proposal (by Davis/Moran) Would Transfer (3200 acre) Site to Fairfax--for
baseball stadium |
| 1014 | Fountain | DC Police Investigating (14-min) Response
in Assault |
| 1015 | Editor | Why Is Chief Soulsby Still There?--conditions abysmal: why does
Control Bd support Barry loyalist |
| 1015 | Powell/Miller | DC Crime Evidence Now in
Doubt--Judge says reports of improper handling threaten cases |
| 1015 | Lengel | Panel Hears Two
Different (DC Felony) Sentencing Proposals--revamping closer to federal
system |
| 1015 | Wheeler | Residents Give Police Precinct a Helping Hand--donations help buld New
DC Police Precinct |
| 1015 | Horwitz | DC Police Say Misclassified 911 Call in
Assault Caused 14-Minute Delay-by dispatcher |
| 1016 | Staff | Police Chief
Bristles at (Washington Post) Suggestion He's a Barry Crony--claims he's not a
puppet |
| 1016 | Strauss | For Students, More Chaos: with Bell still closed, classes are "a
study in coping" (and walk-outs) |
| 1019 | Loeb | Reports Detail DC Govt Failings: Fire &
Rescue serious structural/cultural problems, personnel burnout |
| 1019 | Milloy | This Could Give
DC a Good Name: bus riders chase, help capture bank robber |
| 1021 | Powell | DC Police
Changes Should Start at Top, Specialists Say: problems rooted in culture &
leadership |
| 1021 | Thompson | Audit (Report) Says DC Corrections Dept in 'State of Emergency':
major deficiencies throughout |
| 1023 | Thompson | City Leaders Tell How to Fix Police
Dept--at 6-hr Control Bd hearing: Soulsby praised/criticized |
| 1024 | Reid | Metro Fires Five,
Demotes Top Official--maintenance records falsified on 100's of
escalators |
| 1025 | Harlan | Why I (Control Bd, Vice-Chrmn) Support Chief Soulsby--performance and
(early) results |
| 1025 | Staff | An Exodus of Correctional Officers--closing
plans lead to near-term staffing crisis |
| 1025 | Pan/Spinner | PG County
Fire Chief Resigns after TV Report--branded run-in with white police officer as
racial |
| 1027 | Pan | Police Report Drop in Homicides in PG County (37%) and DC (27%)--down
to 1987 levels |
| 1027 | Thomas-Lester | FBI Agents Seize Computer from DC
Police Unit--part of probe of extortion against DC official |
| 1027 | Editor | Mr. Harlan's
Defense of the Chief--lacks leadership, sends terrible message to
department |
| 1031 | Thomas-Lester | Officers Complained about
Equipment--police unit was warned computers could be misused |
| NOVEMBER, 1997 |
|---|
| | |
| 1101 | King | The Looting of Lorton, and
Other Crimes against DC: gotta get DC off its knees, fight back vs
Congress |
| 1103 | Horwitz | DC Police Solving More Homicides: closure rates rise
after unit's purge--greater teamwork credited |
| 1105 | Williams | Senate Committee Set to
Vote on DC Death Penalty: city leaders and activists gear up to fight
Hill |
| 1105 | Thomas-Lester | FBI Investigates Officer Accused of Misusing
Police Funds held for informer rewards, witness protection |
| 1111 | Lengel | Latest Tool
for Car Thieves: Rogue Tow Truck Operators take maybe 25 of 800 dc cars
stolen/month |
| 1111 | Thomas-Lester | FBI Searched Home of DC Police Official:
corruption in special investigations unit |
| 1116 | Editor | More Police
Trouble:--extortion, now fund mishandling keeps embarrassing city humiliated by
its officials |
| 1118 | Lipton | Youths Need Better Help, Fairfax Board told by
community Initiative to Reduce Youth Violence |
| 1125 | Horwitz | DC Police Chief Weighs
Resigning: dubious apartment lease shared with police officer under
scrutiny |
| 1125 | Thompson | Disclosures Prompt Review of Senior Officer
Program--DC retirees return to work with pay and pensions |
| 1126 | Vise | Control Board
(Harlan/Brimmer) Criticized for Remaining Loyal to Soulsby--somewhat hurt by
support |
| 1126 | Locy/Thompson | Embattled DC Police Chief (Soulsby)
Resigns--Apartment Roommate Accused of Extortion |
| 1126 | Editor | Chief Soulsby
Resigns--Council must recruit a permanent, highly regarded, Barry-free
replacement |
| 1126 | Struck/Powell | By Denying and Disavowing Troubles, Soulsby
Brought HImself Down--co-opted by Barry |
| 1126 | Horwitz/Powell | 24-Year Veteran
(Proctor) is First Woman to Lead (DC Police) Force--others sought for permanent
job |
| 1127 | Locy | Lt. (Stowe) Allegedly Acted Alone, but officials
examining what Soulsby knew or suspected of roommate |
| 1127 | Horwitz | For Chief
Soulsby, Tie of Friendship Unravels Career: Stowe charged with extortion,
embezzlement |
| 1129 | Thompson | Police Chief of Nati'l Rank Sought--Barry, Bd to look
for experienced black outsider for high profile job |
| 1129 | KIng | So Long, Chief
Soulsby--many too many unsolved murders, insider crimes, etc. |
| 1130 | Powell/Locy/etc | Lt.
Stowe's Sudden Fall from Grace: DC Officer allegedly had motive, means to
blackmail gay men |
| DECEMBER, 1997 |
|---|
| 1202 | Editor | 'Fairy Shaking' and DC
Cops--Mayor et al gotta take this kind of squalid enterprise seriously, stop
it |
| 1203 | Horwitz | DC Police Chief Still on Payroll Despite
Resignation--plans to retire before new year |
| 1205 | Vise | New Inspector General
Reportedly Sought: DC Control Bd expected to reject Barry Nominee
Thomas |
| 1205 | Thompson | Commander of Stowe's Unit, 3 investigators transfered
week after charges of extortion/embezzlement |
| 1208 | Miller | Panel to Detail Plan to
Stiffen DC Sentences, decrease parole: decisions take effect Aug,
2000. |
| 1208 | Wilson | Area Police Vacancies Go Unfilled--strain greatest in
suburbs--DC has 3653 police, 7 counties 5600 |
| 1210 | Thompson | DC Officers Got Overtime
for NJ Trip--to security-check Newark Arpt for Barry arrival, bring bags
home |
| 1210 | Miller/Locy | Sentencing Plan for DC Draws Fire--proposed terms
too stiff, leaves parole board out of loop |
| 1210 | Loeb | Barry, Evans Call for
Independent Police Probe re extortion case: Barry sez serious credibility problem
|
| 1211 | Loeb | DC Officials Back Off Plan for Independent Police
Probe--promising to recruit IG instead |
| 1212 | Editor | Now It's a Police Corruption
Probe--gotta root out corruption, do diligent police work, raise
confidence |
| 1213 | King | While Police Away: security gig at Newark a farce, now
ultimate burlesque: Barry hunting new chief |
| 1213 | Editor | Closing Parole's Revolving
Door--supports trustee taking over Parole Bd and Pretrial Services |
| 1213 | Thompson | DC
Officer Says Brass Knew of Misconduct: widespread cronyism, retaliation,
overtime, unauth searches |
| 1216 | Thompson | Council Panel to Probe Allegations Against
Police--including reports of overtime abuse |
| 1217 | Thompson | Order to Make NJ trip
Becomes Whodunit as Barry, Police Differ--re picking up Barry at Newark
Arpt. |
| 1218 | Thompson | Prosecutor (US Attorney) Wants Top Role Investigating
DC Police, objects to Barry/Evans/Harlan IG plan |
| 1220 | Powell | DC Officials Blast US
Attorney's Office--Norton, others call prosecutors 'lax' on City
Corruption |
| 1222 | Harris | Perilous Passage for Moms and Kids--Ft. DuPont
Dwellings path to day care center unsafe |
| 1227 | Thompson | Police Chief's Job Could Be
Hard Sell--DC power structure may deter charismatic, big city
applicants |
| 1227 | Editor | Who's Investigating the Police--US Attorney to run
criminal side, IG only 'inefficiencies', leave Barry out |
| 1230 | Weil/Harris | Top
Lawyer Named DC Inspector General--E.Barrett Prettyman, 72--lst DC Bar chief,
etc. |
| 1230 | Suro | Major Cities Show Drop in Homicides--DC down (301v397),
PG down (81v134)--more cops, jailtime |
| 1231 | Bowles/Harris | DC Inspector General
Will Focus on Police (only)--will hold job only one year---work w/US
Attorney |
