Today's announcement signals that the collaboration of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) has enhanced law enforcement in the District. The Memorandum of Agreement (Agreement) between the District, MPD and DOJ, signed in June of 2001, was one of the first of its kind in the U.S.
Over the past year, the District MPD and DOJ have worked together to modify the agreement to release the District and MPD from those provisions where MPD has come into compliance. Those areas of compliance include the successful and continued implementation of reforms in the way in which officers use force, the way officers report and investigate force and the way officers are trained to use force.
Now that MPD and the District have made enormous progress in satisfying the requirements of the MOA, the DOJ has set a termination date for the agreement of June 13, 2008, with the opportunity for the agreement to terminate in March if MPD and the District make rapid additional progress.
The District and MPD will continue to work with partners at the DOJ and the Independent monitor to ensure the successful and timely completion of this historic agreement.