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- City Desk looks at which Cathy Lanier initiatives may have helped contribute to this year’s drop in homicides. “Assistant Chief Peter Newsham, who is in charge of the Investigative Services Bureau, attributes the homicide drop to a series of Lanier-endorsed initiatives from IT upgrades to personnel moves to a push to investigate not only fatal shootings but non-fatal shootings.”
- WUSA9 reports that a “pack of dogs” menaced a mounted U.S. Park Police officer and his horse at Ft. Dupont Park in Southeast today. No injuries were reported to people or animals, but a woman was reportedly arrested for letting the 20 some odd dogs roam without leashes in the park.
- DCmud previews tomorrow’s public meeting for comments on the Environmental Assessment of the K Street Transitway Study.
- PoP spots a sign announcing that the long awaited Tynan Coffee & Tea shop will open in Columbia Heights this Friday.
- New Columbia Heights laments the appearance of Christmas stuff already in the Target. “It’s not even Halloween yet, let alone Thanksgiving!”
