“More police” means nothing when said cops can’t do their jobs without risking their lives, freedom, pensions, etc.; when Newark NJ laid off over 160 cops during a record-setting homicide spree, it made no difference at all. If you saw the cops, you’d understand: bubble asses, fat guts, etc. on a bunch of affirmative action tokens. They were never going to engage any criminals, just cash their checks and grow...
Washington MPD aren’t a bunch of buffoons at the patrolman level. At the administrative level, MPD is as screwed up as the rest of DC. Not as bad as Baltimore, these days, but badly in need of a housecleaning. Neither Muriel Bower nor DC Police Chief Kathy Lanier would survive that housecleaning.
Where’s Hercules when you need him?