Metro’s ‘BOLO Hunter’: Officer Kache Fields never forgets a face

In the D.C. region, conversations often start with, “What do you do?” WTOP’s “ Working Capital ” series profiles the people whose jobs make the D.C. region run.

If you’re wanted and a “Be On the Lookout” alert goes out for you, you better hope Officer Kache Fields isn’t the one who sees it.

Fields, a standout member of Metro Transit Police, has earned the nickname “BOLO Hunter” for her uncanny ability to recognize faces from wanted fliers.

With a photographic memory and a drive to serve, she’s helped crack over 1,000 cases across D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

“I just put the BOLO photographs inside my brain. I have my own BOLO folder in there,” Fields said.

Her talent doesn’t just help Metro. It’s solving crimes for ot

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