A now-retired Secret Service agent can proceed with his lawsuit claiming two U.S. Park Police officers arrested and held him at gunpoint while he was on duty because he is black, a federal judge ruled.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. law enforcement officials continue to trek to Israel to learn a thing or two about dealing with terrorism and homeland security. The latest group included Assistant D.C. police chief Diane Groomes and U.S. Park Police Deputy Chief Robert MacLean of the U.S. Park Police, the Associated Press reported. The week-long…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A U.S. Park Police officer shot and wounded an armed man early Tuesday morning in Southwest Washington, D.C. at Hains Point, the Associated Press reported. The Park Police said an officer was patrolling the park about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday when he spotted a man in a car with a gun in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewirecom WASHINGTON — Patience and persistence has paid off for Teresa Chambers, who was fired as U.S. Park Police chief in 2004 in what turned into a highly controversial situation in the nation’s capital. The Merit Systems Protection Board has ruled that she can have her job back, plus more than six…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Talk about the dog days of summer. A U.S. Park Police detective “put her pistol aside Sunday afternoon and jumped into the murky waters of the Washington Channel to save a drowning dog, police said”, according to a story written in the Washington Post by reporter Martin Weil. Sgt. David Schlosser,…
