Resources have been deployed as a "layer of mitigation strategy."
@DCPoliceDept Chief Contee says, "sometimes you don't know what you don't know." Coordination w/fed partners to have a successful SOTU/1A activities and will keep posture in place as long as needed.
Q: If convoy shows up with 100+ cars, will they be allowed into DC?
A: Yes
Q: Will protesters re: Ukraine be allowed to gather?
A: Some places will be restricted but cannot disclose much more.
Q: Re-Fence @CapitolPolice
A: Security fence is *temporary* and installed. Decision will be forthcoming after event is over.
Q: Additional NG deployment/ refusal of FL Gov to send NG?
A: @MayorBowser requested specifically DC NG for operations, Chief Contee not familiar with additional requests. DC has handled this before, will do so again competently.
Q: re-- permits for 1A activities?
A: Sylvan Theater is only permit on file, per @usparkpolicepio
Q: re-- road closures?
A: Road closures are already available, can be found here uscp.gov/media-center/p…
Q: another q re NG remaining
A: Appears that NG will be here through 3/7
Q: Fears of disinformation re:convoy?
A: Continue to look at and distilling information as it arrives
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Diana Mayhew, president and CEO of @CherryBlossFest is making the announcement: March 20-April 17 are the official dates. 🌸
.@MayorBowser says the festival will be in person this year. Mayor seems particularly jubilant this morning, thanking partners and stakeholders and reiterating that the city is, indeed, open and welcoming of visitors.
"This will not be resolved at the police station... at the courthouse... it will require our entire community to be involved... this cycle must be broken in our communities." @CEXAlsobrooks on today's announcement of a joint safety initiative.
"Playtime is over. This is not a video game... We gotta come together [and] everybody has a responsibility....
I do not allow my children to cut up, as a father."
"We can arrest people, but are children receiving the healing that they need?"
"What has changed [since last year's carjacking-related death]? Arrests have gone up, but what else has changed?"
Carjacking Taskforce is expanding, has been working
Increased cross-border initiatives with PG County
Chief Congee, visibly upset: "IT'S THE SAME KIDS."
@Pash_DC says we are in the middle of a winter surge. Good news: Hospitalization rate is low at 2.6%, vax rate creeps up-- currently at 65.8% full vaccinated.
Would like to note that the link that the Press Sec tweeted does not automatically go to this conference, so please follow here.
Locally, only 25 confirmed cases of Omicron, might have 50 additional ones. Only a matter of time until Omicron is dominant variant. Jump in rates is mostly winter surge.
Tonight's temperatures will drop only into the mid-30s; however, the forecast calls for wind, which makes the temperature much colder if you're outside. Here is our perennial post on what to do if you see someone out in the cold: thehillishome.com/2016/01/what-t…
A kind reminder: NO ONE wants to be homeless. No one wants to be outdoors on an inclement night like tonight. Shelters can sometimes be crowded and unsafe for our unhoused neighbors, which is why many choose to live outdoors.
Ideally, we should have housing in place and Mayor Bowser has recently opened shelters and unveiled her Home for the Holidays campaign earlier in the month: wjla.com/news/local/bow…