D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith will be stepping down from her role, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday morning.

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In a statement, Bowser said Smith took over as police chief at a time when there was “significant urgency to reverse the crime trends our city was facing post pandemic.” Within a year of her tenure, the District opened the Real-Time Crime Center and issued “newer and better technology” for officers, Bowser said.

“Chief Smith dramatically drove down violent crime, drove down the homicide rate to its lowest levels in eight years, and helped us restore a sense of saf

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