DC Mayor Proposes Rolling Back Progressive Police Reforms

Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser introduced a set of proposals on Monday to dial back progressive reforms that the mayor says have made it more difficult for police to enforce public safety.

Bowser’s proposed legislation would amend a suite of police regulations passed by the DC Council in the wake of the 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the national reckoning that followed. Bowser, a Democrat, says the bill would correct reforms that hamper Metro Police Department enforcement while introducing new tools to target organized retail theft and open-air drug markets.

“We have to reverse the policy environment in the city that, quite frankly, ...