‘There Has to be More Going on Here’: Seven D.C. Police Officers Placed on Leave or Desk Duty for Confiscating Guns from Suspects Without Arresting Them
In the wake of the nation’s capital celebrating how effective law enforcement has been at removing illegal guns off the streets of D.C., seven police officers from the Seventh District have been removed from their duties in the Metropolitan Police Department. An internal review discovered they seized guns from suspects without issuing an arrest or…