At a crime summit, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said the sound of gunfire in D.C. neighborhoods reminds her of the 1990s crack epidemic
The number of shootings also dropped during that period, but nearly twice as many juveniles were struck by gunfire in 2022 as in the year before. Sixteen youths were killed in gunfire last year, double the number in 2021. And homicides are up through the first three weeks of this year.The forum reflects a continued effort by Bowser to solicit ideas on solving some of the city’s most intractable problems from community members, a stated theme of her third term.
She noted through the meeting that she was a former ANC member herself before being elected to the council.While Bowser urged the ANC members to make their voices heard as legislation is written and debated and as budgets are drafted, she steered away from directly criticizing members of the D.C. Council who have enacted several laws that her administration feels makes confronting crime more difficult.
Many demanded more police. The department has shed officers due to budget cuts, which Bowser is trying to reverse. Some complained city agencies are unresponsive. Only one person demanded more police reform.
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