D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says she wants to reverse the move by the council pulling officers out of schools.

The new policies come nearly two years after the Trump administration ordered racial justice protestors cleared from the square for a presidential photo-op in front of a nearby church.

The announcement comes as the department faces two lawsuits from a dozen Black women officers alleging racial and gender discrimination.

Last year, the D.C. Council mandated that police report overtime use after MPD sent a $43 million overtime bill because of protests.

Two researchers will examine prosecutorial decisions, from how they charge and sentence people for crimes to who gets sent to diversion programs instead of being given jail time.

In picking the 31-year D.C. veteran, Mayor Muriel Bowser stayed within the police department and also spurned calls from activists for broad community engagement in the process.

The protesters are concerned about Newsham’s history of abuse allegations, and about how he has handled protests and racial justice in D.C.

The recommendations address many of the local and national debates about policing raised by this year’s Black Lives Matter protests.

Sgt. Charlotte Djossou spoke out about aggressive policing of young Black men, tampering with officer body cameras, and misreporting of crime statistics.

Lawyers for the federal government say they want to hold off on a civil suit until a Fairfax County criminal investigation ends. Ghaisar’s family says it’s just another tactic to delay justice.