The omnibus bill, called “Secure DC,” is expected to pass its second and final vote before the D.C. Council in early March.

The bill would also relax education requirements for police officers and expand a home loan assistance program for first responders.

Police officers will use the “hub” like another office – and officials say it will also include staff from human services and behavioral health agencies.

“The last wedding I went to was a Hinge wedding. The next wedding I’m going to is a Bumble wedding.”

The massive bill, which stiffens penalties for gun and retail theft and reduces the scope of some police reforms, has undergone several changes since it was introduced in January. It must pass one more vote before being sent to the mayor for signature.

Police say the officer, Marc Davis, was billing the department for hours that he spent working a second job at the Giant Food Store on Alabama Avenue Southeast.

An officer shot the man after he escaped from an ambulance and ran at the officer with what appears to be a tire gauge.

As crime surged in 2023, Congress got more involved in local D.C. affairs than it had in years. But historians say they were drawing from an old playbook.

Terence Sutton, the first D.C. police officer to be found guilty of murder for an on-duty killing, maintains his innocence and argues prosecutors had no basis to charge him for the crime.

The 90-page bill includes pieces of several public safety bills from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. councilmembers.