Metropolitan Police Department chief Pamela Smith will step down from her position, she announced Monday.

Smith, who has been the MPD chief since Mayor Muriel Bowser nominated her in July 2023, did not give a specific reason for her decision. She was the first black woman to serve as police chief and the second woman.

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“I am deeply humbled, grateful, and deeply appreciative of my time with the District of Columbia,” she said in a statement. “Serving as Chief of Police has been the greatest honor of my career, and I want to extend my sin

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