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18 Dec, 9 tweets, 5 min read
🧵 NEW: D.C. Metropolitan Police Department files show that the department tried to fire 24 officers for criminal misconduct from 2009 to 2019.

In all but three of those cases, a powerful tribunal of three high-ranking officers overruled the terminations. revealnews.org/article/dc-pol…
The files, obtained by Reveal and @wamu885/@DCist, provide a rare glimpse into how officers avoid accountability and remain on the force, even after internal affairs investigators have determined they committed crimes.

The records have never before been made public.
In addition to blocking terminations, the records show that the Adverse Action Panel, which included the current police chief Robert J. Contee, issued much lighter punishment — an average of a 29-day suspension without pay. bit.ly/reveal-dcpolice
These officers amassed records for domestic violence, DUIs, indecent exposure, sexual solicitation, stalking and more.

In several instances, they fled the scenes of their crimes. revealnews.org/article/dc-pol…
Of the 24 criminal misconduct cases, the department believed that at least seven officers had committed domestic assault.

All of them stayed on the force, six as a result of the panel's decision. revealnews.org/article/dc-pol…
Personnel files show that an internal investigation concluded that Officer Steven Ferris was arrested for simple assault in 2012 after Internal Affairs reported he confessed that he punched his wife so hard that he fractured a bone around her eye socket. revealnews.org/article/dc-pol…
Another officer, Jonathan Goodman, allegedly hit two women at a restaurant in 2010.

When one of them said she was calling the cops, he pulled out his badge and replied, “Bitch, I am the police,” according to the files. revealnews.org/article/dc-pol…
Neither Contee, the police chief, nor the department would comment on Reveal and WAMU/DCist’s findings. We attempted to reach all of the officers named in this story for comment. Only one responded. bit.ly/reveal-dcpolice
Twenty-one officers remain with the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department today, patrolling the District in possession of MPD-issued firearms and authorized to use deadly force.

Read the full story by @dmehro, @jennygathright and @maustermuhle: revealnews.org/article/dc-pol…

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