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D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith is stepping down, ending a two-year tenure that achieved an eight-year low in homicides despite federal intervention complications.

Appointed in 2023 to stabilize the police department, Smith navigated staffing shortages, post-pandemic crime surges and President Trump’s unprecedented federalization of local law enforcement.

Her departure comes as Mayor Muriel Bowser announced she won’t seek reelection, leaving uncertainty about leadership and public safety strategy in the nation’s capital.

WASHINGTON — Pamela Smith, who was catapulted into national attention after President Trump moved to federalize Washington’s police force and who worked to confr

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