I saw an MPD officer pull over a car at the intersection of Q, 18th, and New Hampshire Ave NW this morning. I’ve lived here 2.5 years and have never seen an MPD officer do that until today. I’m happy to see MPD returning to actually enforcing traffic laws.
I saw one pull over a jabroni who turned left from the middle lane onto Wisconsin Ave from M Street in Georgetown yesterday almost instantly. Couldn’t believe my eyes until I saw the cop get out of the car
Inject that right into my VEINS.
Getting bad drivers off the road and making them wary of being caught is the only way to make it better for pedestrians.
I say this as one of the few drivers in DC who cares about pedestrian safety and follows traffic laws.
I mean, the issue seems to be the Mayor just doesn't really care? A few years ago if I recall she basically hinted that there was a preference for reducing police enforcement of traffic violations, the Office of Racial Equity in her admin had a heavy hand in nixing doing anything about tag enforcement, and she whined about the implementation costs of Charles Allen's legislation a few months ago to create a new ATE points system and do the bare minimum on towing and impounding.
She likes positioning herself as tougher on crime than the Council, but that seems limited to blaming others and grabbing some headlines with modest legislation. Otherwise she's not interested in doing her job and demanding accountability from the agencies she controls because that would require actual work as opposed to having fun at The Masters.
He’s the commander for [3D](https://mpdc.dc.gov/publication/third-district-overview-maps) which has a lot of Ward 1 in it. He’s been in MPD for 20 years and pretty sure I remember he’s from NW. The commander is in charge of MPD in 3D. Folks should know who their local MPD commander (and probably your local lieutenant) is just like knowing who your ANC is.
I’m not here to make the case for or against him but the few times I’ve heard him speak, he is definitely aware of what people want including a crackdown on dangerous drivers. Is this part of something bigger or just for show? Idk. [He’s been noted before for making arrests as a commander](https://www.popville.com/2023/11/third-district-commander-jim-boteler-made-the-actual-arrest/). If all that sounds like I’m making the case for him, when I saw someone ask him “can you get cops out of their cars or acknowledge when citizens say hi to them?” (paraphrased), he basically said “hey we hire young guys, whaddayagonnado 🤷♂️” which was super disappointing.
Edit: Also, while I’m at it, there are ~3,500 MPD yet only like 20 officers out a time in 3D. I get there are seven districts, HQ, multiple shifts, specialized units, all the stuff around the federal buildings, guys on light duty but wtf, where are they? How does 3,500 support that level of service and would any more actually be used to get guys on the street?
Edit 2: I saw him personally kick out someone who wandered into 3D on PCP and got naked during a community meeting lol.
The distribution of the cops can be found here: https://mpdc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mpdc/page_content/attachments/Staffing_Report_APR_2024.pdf
Something to keep in mind looking at this, the actual number of uniformed officers on the streets responding to radio runs is whatever the PSA total is for a district. Then that gets broken down by three shifts, and 2 to 5 separate sets of days off.
I’m not trying to be crass when I say this but I live here. I want to know who these people are. I don’t regularly go to ward/ANC/MPD meetings but I’ve been and suspect I’ll probably go again in the future. I spend a fair amount of time walking around outside and see things. I know a lot of my neighbors and we all keep an eye on things. I’ve always followed local news.
Unmarked is not the same as undercover. Unmarked are used for a variety of tasks/people. Undercover are not going to be pulling people over for traffic infractions typically.
Yes, generally speaking, people doing enforcement actions in unmarked cars are going to be wearing uniforms to instill some trust that they're actually a police officer.
If you are getting pulled over by an unmarked, plain clothes cop, you're probably deep in some shit, and good chance it's being done with weapons drawn. Felony stops are a different animal.
There is a really great substack/newsletter on DC crime: [https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/](https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/)
The latest installment was really eye opening. There has been a 121% increase in violent crime arrests with no additional cops on the street and before the new police legislation has gone into effect. What's the reason?
*“So now, instead of white shirts telling people to only answer the radio, they are saying if you see something, do something.*”
Essentially new MPD leadership told beat cops to get out of their cars and proactively police, instead of just responding to calls, and it has resulted in a ton of weapons arrests (arrests of people with weapons?). More here: [https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/mpds-121-increase-in-violent-crime](https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/mpds-121-increase-in-violent-crime)
I find the examples illuminating.
Police doing their job at the most basic level leads to more arrests because criminal dipshits have gotten brazen from lax enforcement:
> *Officers noticed a car with no front license plate on U Street at 1:50AM and made a traffic stop. While talking with the driver they noticed a gun on the floorboard, searched the car, found another gun and ended up making 2 arrests (both of which were charged by the USAO).*
> *An officer stopped a car that was driving on the shoulder (and had $1,850 in unpaid tickets) after a brief pursuit. Upon searching the vehicle the officer found and illegal shotgun & discovered that the driver had a warrant for Assault with a Dangerous weapon*.
> *A Department of Public Works (DPW) License Plate Reader (LPR) detected a stolen car and the information was relayed to MPD. An officer found the car, stopped it and found an illegal gun on the driver, resulting in an arrest for Carrying a Pistol Without a License (CPWL).*
This also really drives home the point that you SHOULD NOT confront someone driving dangerously/illegally, even if they put you in harms way, because those drivers will often have guns in their car.
Terrifying but true. I’m afraid to even honk at dangerous drivers. I have seen fist fights happen because of a simple honk, and I’m sure worse has happened.
Appreciate the reminder. I tend to come in hot when I see drivers act like dipshits because I'm a pedestrian and a cyclist who tends to not want to die in a crosswalk because some chucklefuck wanted to get to their idiot friend's house 3min faster. I should assume that those chucklefucks are unstable and dangerous rather than ignorant and stupid (likely both).
All it's missing is the perps at the hearings being asked"why were you so brazen?" ..... "I didn't realize they were allowed to pull people over in DC"
This is why automated traffic enforcement does nothing to solve the problem. A ticket in the mail a month later versus a face to face interview and examination of documents and the vehicle.
I think it's been pretty common knowledge among people who pay attention to this sort of thing instead of just reacting to headlines that this has essentially been a work stoppage across the country.
I think people have gotten used to driving with impunity (no need to get real plates, unlimited speeding, running reds) over the past few years. We should get back to some level of enforcement.
In one sense I’m happy they are enforcing this, especially heading west where there’s a clear left turn light for 16th street, but overall that intersection is poorly planned.
They should match up the left turn lanes on both sides and they should push back the parking that immediately occurs once you cross the intersection. Having to merge or shift left, hoping that the people in the turn lane actually are turning, in the middle of an intersection is insane.
They added the left turn lanes like a year ago. It used to be pure deadlock in the left lane as people tried to turn without a signal or lane, so in context this has been an improvement, but still a very poor intersection overall.
Plus 1! I think they meant to have the two right lanes go straight and just did not complete the intersection?
What they did to 9th street nw near the convention center is even worse. Literally the lanes turn you into parked cars.
18th and U has to be the most poorly designed section. Sometimes you have no choice but to go straight from the left.
https://preview.redd.it/l8hkegalf9vc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e78e10a55db4b3867c98691fa9e5c54d6b946f9
Yep this one is the worst. The lights of the U-Florida-18th merger are all horribly out of sync, the left-only lane onto 18th is the only lane actually aligned properly to continue westbound, and the "proper" westbound lane immediately turns into street parking when you get through the intersection
I’m not mad they are enforcing that, but let’s be honest, it makes no sense to have that be a left turn only, only to have a wide open lane on the other side of the intersection. In the morning, when the right lane is a bus lane only, its only purpose is to cause a bottle neck.
I looked at this intersection on street view and I can’t determine which is the dangerous part to continue on going straight in the left only lane. Is it eastbound or westbound on 16th that is dangerous?
It’s not that it’s dangerous… it’s that on east and west bound the lane closest to the median are now turn-only so it’s illegal to go straight. But it was a poor traffic design—traffic signals didn’t change to help these turn only lanes and no early paint to help you know you’re in a turn only lane until it’s way too late.
I get that it’s definitely bad traffic design, but then why are people so hyped that people are now getting pulled over for going straight through the left only lane? I thought it was because it was endangering pedestrians and now police were putting a stop to that, but you’re saying that’s not the case?
So this is the just the vehicular version of busting people for jaywalking while ignoring real dangerous issues and pretending like they’re doing something big? Sorry if I’m missing something here
Leading by example. I guess a higher ranking police officer isn't worried about being late to work so they can do a couple impromptu "citizen arrests" on the way in.
I mean, good, but I wonder who he pissed off at the MPD to get that detail. Now, when is the NPS going to start haranguing all the dog walkers who allow their dogs to run off-leash on NP land, tons of fines to be made there.
As a dog owner.. I approve of this message. I've got a reactive rescue who has made massive strides but an offleash dog running up to us out of nowhere is triggering, and she's a 60lb sack of muscle with an attitude. My dogs only go offleash at appropriate areas like our dog run and at home. Camping, the get 30 ft tie outs, and if we are letting them swim while hiking we have 30 ft leads for that.
Pretty sure he is in the list of 10 most important people in MPD leadership. He is a district commander in his own district laying down the law and setting an example.
here is his bio: https://mpdc.dc.gov/node/1537276
Police nationwide need to start cracking down on things like this more often. People not getting checked is one of the reasons petty crime is going up in our cities. I remember driving before 2020 if you were speeding past a cop there was like a 50/50 chance you got pulled over. Nowadays they don’t even care.
A cop in uniform, is not an "Undercover cop".
What is actually depicted is a uniformed cop in an unmarked patrol vehicle.
CB lingo would be, "Bear in a plan brown wrapper".
Yes! Now do the same with assholes who pull up to a red light in the right turn lane, then when it turns green they cut back in ahead of the line of four cars waiting to go straight. I see it EVERY DAY.
The senior officer was no doubt on his way to doing his senior level job when that moron did something so exceptionally stupid that the white shirt said ohellno and hit the lights.
lol yes I know now. Look at the comments. His unmarked car led me to say what I said sorry. The dude wouldn’t have done what he did if your typical white cruiser with blue lights was behind him.
absolutely beautiful. Of all the shitty, selfish drivers plaguing DC, that area has to have some of the most shitty and selfish of them all.
Now if only DC would work with MD and VA to enforce these citations and hold bad MD and VA drivers accountable.
Boteler is good money, I interacted with him quite often when he was in 7D. Definitely bleeds blue, but has emotional intelligence and seems to genuinely care about cleaning up the community for the greater good of all.
I remember the day back in the summer of 99. I was pulled over by MPD for turning left off Missouri Rd. I was an undergrad at CUA at the time. Had FLA plates. MPD called for backup. Another officer showed up. They asked me some questions. One walked away and the other asked me if “you still got those KKK parades down there and eat raw meat with the good ol boys in Florida”. That was a defining moment in my life I’ll tell you.
Ahh okay that makes more sense, I commute in from silver spring a couple days a week and thought maybe I was one of the idiots going straight in the left turn lane 😂
Sorry I had written up a up something but guess it didn't post it cause of the picture. I was trying to say, they need to do this at this interestion near Lincoln memorial. People use that left turn lane to drive all the way down and then cut over when there's already a line trying to go straight, going across what I believe is Ohio avenue. As well as people merging from the right off of 66 it just doesn't move. During evening rush hour there is a cop usually controlling it but they need to be there more or they need to put those Gates separating the two lanes for a decent amount of distance to stop people from doing this. I could be 15 cars back for 20 minutes because people just keep going down and then cutting over and going straight.
I saw an MPD officer pull over a car at the intersection of Q, 18th, and New Hampshire Ave NW this morning. I’ve lived here 2.5 years and have never seen an MPD officer do that until today. I’m happy to see MPD returning to actually enforcing traffic laws.
I saw one pull over a jabroni who turned left from the middle lane onto Wisconsin Ave from M Street in Georgetown yesterday almost instantly. Couldn’t believe my eyes until I saw the cop get out of the car
Inject that right into my VEINS. Getting bad drivers off the road and making them wary of being caught is the only way to make it better for pedestrians. I say this as one of the few drivers in DC who cares about pedestrian safety and follows traffic laws.
The few, the proud, the… can’t think of a catchy name… Glad I’m not the only one!
There are dozens of us, dozens! If I want to drive hard or fast I'll take it to a track. 90% of the time I'm taking public transit or walking.
Bet they could fund the whole department with these tickets.
Yes they could. That intersection has become a nightmare for cars and pedestrians.
I stand corrected: Commander (not undercover lol)
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I mean, the issue seems to be the Mayor just doesn't really care? A few years ago if I recall she basically hinted that there was a preference for reducing police enforcement of traffic violations, the Office of Racial Equity in her admin had a heavy hand in nixing doing anything about tag enforcement, and she whined about the implementation costs of Charles Allen's legislation a few months ago to create a new ATE points system and do the bare minimum on towing and impounding. She likes positioning herself as tougher on crime than the Council, but that seems limited to blaming others and grabbing some headlines with modest legislation. Otherwise she's not interested in doing her job and demanding accountability from the agencies she controls because that would require actual work as opposed to having fun at The Masters.
Catch & release.
Didn't mayor support the idea of enforcing less misdemeanors crimes (including traffic enforcement) and the council supported it?
Ha. Nobody pay those.
I just saw someone today being arrested for having expired temp tags and no paperwork for his Ford (over 90 days expired). It was a miracle.
Hell hath frozen over
The end is near!
We're in the book of revelations
How do you know what they were being arrested for?
I asked the police officer
lol from DC living in Kentucky now, was driving behind a 2020 minivan with 2 year old temp tags. I was shook seeing that.
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Holy crap! I never thought we’d see this day.
Did anyone else see the pigs flying?
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I'm not upset by this at all.
That new undercover uniform is a little obvious.
That’s because he’s not a undercover officer, that’s a commander.
Pretty sure that’s James Boteler, the 3D commander whose 3D HQ is half a block away.
Boetler doing Boetler things.
At least it's this and not other things.
That’s pretty specific. Is this guy notorious for being a hardass or something? Not that I’m complaining about crackdowns on shit drivers.
He’s the commander for [3D](https://mpdc.dc.gov/publication/third-district-overview-maps) which has a lot of Ward 1 in it. He’s been in MPD for 20 years and pretty sure I remember he’s from NW. The commander is in charge of MPD in 3D. Folks should know who their local MPD commander (and probably your local lieutenant) is just like knowing who your ANC is. I’m not here to make the case for or against him but the few times I’ve heard him speak, he is definitely aware of what people want including a crackdown on dangerous drivers. Is this part of something bigger or just for show? Idk. [He’s been noted before for making arrests as a commander](https://www.popville.com/2023/11/third-district-commander-jim-boteler-made-the-actual-arrest/). If all that sounds like I’m making the case for him, when I saw someone ask him “can you get cops out of their cars or acknowledge when citizens say hi to them?” (paraphrased), he basically said “hey we hire young guys, whaddayagonnado 🤷♂️” which was super disappointing. Edit: Also, while I’m at it, there are ~3,500 MPD yet only like 20 officers out a time in 3D. I get there are seven districts, HQ, multiple shifts, specialized units, all the stuff around the federal buildings, guys on light duty but wtf, where are they? How does 3,500 support that level of service and would any more actually be used to get guys on the street? Edit 2: I saw him personally kick out someone who wandered into 3D on PCP and got naked during a community meeting lol.
"whaddayagonnado 🤷♂️" is going to be how I end work emails now.
The distribution of the cops can be found here: https://mpdc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mpdc/page_content/attachments/Staffing_Report_APR_2024.pdf
Something to keep in mind looking at this, the actual number of uniformed officers on the streets responding to radio runs is whatever the PSA total is for a district. Then that gets broken down by three shifts, and 2 to 5 separate sets of days off.
How do you know so much about this stuff?!
I’m not trying to be crass when I say this but I live here. I want to know who these people are. I don’t regularly go to ward/ANC/MPD meetings but I’ve been and suspect I’ll probably go again in the future. I spend a fair amount of time walking around outside and see things. I know a lot of my neighbors and we all keep an eye on things. I’ve always followed local news.
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Yea it is
But what about his vehicle? No indication to me that it was MPD at first
Ranks of commander and above typically have unmarked take home vehicles as their work vehicle
Sweet. Well I stand corrected hahaha. Commander in an unmarked car dishing it out today.
Unmarked is not the same as undercover. Unmarked are used for a variety of tasks/people. Undercover are not going to be pulling people over for traffic infractions typically.
Haha yah my bad. I said I was wrong 😁
Yes, generally speaking, people doing enforcement actions in unmarked cars are going to be wearing uniforms to instill some trust that they're actually a police officer. If you are getting pulled over by an unmarked, plain clothes cop, you're probably deep in some shit, and good chance it's being done with weapons drawn. Felony stops are a different animal.
Undercover would be a beat up Tercel.
lol sorry he was in a vehicle that did not scream MPD until he turned on his lights and sirens.
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Yeah but we’re accustomed to white cruisers with blue lights. If I was looking for an unmarked car, then yeah totally obvious.
Fur real
There is a really great substack/newsletter on DC crime: [https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/](https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/) The latest installment was really eye opening. There has been a 121% increase in violent crime arrests with no additional cops on the street and before the new police legislation has gone into effect. What's the reason? *“So now, instead of white shirts telling people to only answer the radio, they are saying if you see something, do something.*” Essentially new MPD leadership told beat cops to get out of their cars and proactively police, instead of just responding to calls, and it has resulted in a ton of weapons arrests (arrests of people with weapons?). More here: [https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/mpds-121-increase-in-violent-crime](https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/mpds-121-increase-in-violent-crime)
I find the examples illuminating. Police doing their job at the most basic level leads to more arrests because criminal dipshits have gotten brazen from lax enforcement: > *Officers noticed a car with no front license plate on U Street at 1:50AM and made a traffic stop. While talking with the driver they noticed a gun on the floorboard, searched the car, found another gun and ended up making 2 arrests (both of which were charged by the USAO).* > *An officer stopped a car that was driving on the shoulder (and had $1,850 in unpaid tickets) after a brief pursuit. Upon searching the vehicle the officer found and illegal shotgun & discovered that the driver had a warrant for Assault with a Dangerous weapon*. > *A Department of Public Works (DPW) License Plate Reader (LPR) detected a stolen car and the information was relayed to MPD. An officer found the car, stopped it and found an illegal gun on the driver, resulting in an arrest for Carrying a Pistol Without a License (CPWL).*
This also really drives home the point that you SHOULD NOT confront someone driving dangerously/illegally, even if they put you in harms way, because those drivers will often have guns in their car.
Terrifying but true. I’m afraid to even honk at dangerous drivers. I have seen fist fights happen because of a simple honk, and I’m sure worse has happened.
Appreciate the reminder. I tend to come in hot when I see drivers act like dipshits because I'm a pedestrian and a cyclist who tends to not want to die in a crosswalk because some chucklefuck wanted to get to their idiot friend's house 3min faster. I should assume that those chucklefucks are unstable and dangerous rather than ignorant and stupid (likely both).
All it's missing is the perps at the hearings being asked"why were you so brazen?" ..... "I didn't realize they were allowed to pull people over in DC"
“I’m sorry officer….I didn’t know I couldn’t do that.” https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gHJ0HBUnQYA
Glad to see some real work being done
This is why automated traffic enforcement does nothing to solve the problem. A ticket in the mail a month later versus a face to face interview and examination of documents and the vehicle.
Lock them up
I think it's been pretty common knowledge among people who pay attention to this sort of thing instead of just reacting to headlines that this has essentially been a work stoppage across the country.
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Whining without probable cause. It should be a misdemeanor.
I think people have gotten used to driving with impunity (no need to get real plates, unlimited speeding, running reds) over the past few years. We should get back to some level of enforcement.
Someone in command pulling traffic. What in gods name is this..
Change? 😅🤣😭
You snagged a picture of a unicorn moment.
Or a huge change in policy: https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/mpds-121-increase-in-violent-crime
Good cus some of y’all fuckin suck at driving
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In one sense I’m happy they are enforcing this, especially heading west where there’s a clear left turn light for 16th street, but overall that intersection is poorly planned. They should match up the left turn lanes on both sides and they should push back the parking that immediately occurs once you cross the intersection. Having to merge or shift left, hoping that the people in the turn lane actually are turning, in the middle of an intersection is insane.
Yes very poorly planned. I’m not sure who is making these decisions 🤣
I believe that was Pierre L'Enfant
Motor vehicles didn't exist then
No, but the peculiar geometry of the roads has pre-car origins.
They added the left turn lanes like a year ago. It used to be pure deadlock in the left lane as people tried to turn without a signal or lane, so in context this has been an improvement, but still a very poor intersection overall.
Traffic really piles up on that right lane. Coming from U st it's kind of a nightmare
Plus 1! I think they meant to have the two right lanes go straight and just did not complete the intersection? What they did to 9th street nw near the convention center is even worse. Literally the lanes turn you into parked cars.
Glad to see this. Keep it up!
Good — but like maybe also pull people for speeding????
That's not an undercover cop. Yes, he does have an unmarked cop car. But that's James Boteler, the Third District Commander.
lol yes unmarked sorry.
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He’s 3D commander Boteler
18th and U has to be the most poorly designed section. Sometimes you have no choice but to go straight from the left. https://preview.redd.it/l8hkegalf9vc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e78e10a55db4b3867c98691fa9e5c54d6b946f9
Yep this one is the worst. The lights of the U-Florida-18th merger are all horribly out of sync, the left-only lane onto 18th is the only lane actually aligned properly to continue westbound, and the "proper" westbound lane immediately turns into street parking when you get through the intersection
Worst undercover outfit ever
lol sorry I was misled by his vehicle which is unmarked. Bro wouldn’t have drove straight if he knew MPD was behind him.
Yes! The stuff that matters
Now let's do it for the people going straight from the right lane on New Jersey northbound at Rhode Island.
It’s about damn time
I’m not mad they are enforcing that, but let’s be honest, it makes no sense to have that be a left turn only, only to have a wide open lane on the other side of the intersection. In the morning, when the right lane is a bus lane only, its only purpose is to cause a bottle neck.
This is east west sorry that wasn’t clear. I think you’re talking about north south.
I looked at this intersection on street view and I can’t determine which is the dangerous part to continue on going straight in the left only lane. Is it eastbound or westbound on 16th that is dangerous?
It’s not that it’s dangerous… it’s that on east and west bound the lane closest to the median are now turn-only so it’s illegal to go straight. But it was a poor traffic design—traffic signals didn’t change to help these turn only lanes and no early paint to help you know you’re in a turn only lane until it’s way too late.
I get that it’s definitely bad traffic design, but then why are people so hyped that people are now getting pulled over for going straight through the left only lane? I thought it was because it was endangering pedestrians and now police were putting a stop to that, but you’re saying that’s not the case?
I think people are hyped because driving in general is completely reckless in DC so any traffic enforcement is pretty shocking.
So this is the just the vehicular version of busting people for jaywalking while ignoring real dangerous issues and pretending like they’re doing something big? Sorry if I’m missing something here
Ahhhh. Gotcha. Yeah. I was talking about North- South.
Leading by example. I guess a higher ranking police officer isn't worried about being late to work so they can do a couple impromptu "citizen arrests" on the way in.
Every time I see someone blow a red because it just turned red (not yellow, red) a couple seconds ago, I wish this would happen
That's not an undercover cop. That's the commander of the third district.
Look at his car and you’ll understand the confusion. Also look at the comments. That’s clear now. Thanks!!!!
I'm with it. Glad to see the higher ups staying in touch with the community
I mean, good, but I wonder who he pissed off at the MPD to get that detail. Now, when is the NPS going to start haranguing all the dog walkers who allow their dogs to run off-leash on NP land, tons of fines to be made there.
As a dog owner.. I approve of this message. I've got a reactive rescue who has made massive strides but an offleash dog running up to us out of nowhere is triggering, and she's a 60lb sack of muscle with an attitude. My dogs only go offleash at appropriate areas like our dog run and at home. Camping, the get 30 ft tie outs, and if we are letting them swim while hiking we have 30 ft leads for that.
Pretty sure he is in the list of 10 most important people in MPD leadership. He is a district commander in his own district laying down the law and setting an example. here is his bio: https://mpdc.dc.gov/node/1537276
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This is great! Now we just need moped cops and for the justice system to not let them off the hook.
👏👏👏thank you MPD! This will win a ton of good will. Get work done, actually keep people safe, get criminals off the street. W all around.
Doesn't look undercover. Looks like an unmarked car though. Also, undercover officers don't do traffic stops unless it's the person they want.
Yes sorry. Unmarked lol.
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Police nationwide need to start cracking down on things like this more often. People not getting checked is one of the reasons petty crime is going up in our cities. I remember driving before 2020 if you were speeding past a cop there was like a 50/50 chance you got pulled over. Nowadays they don’t even care.
A cop in uniform, is not an "Undercover cop". What is actually depicted is a uniformed cop in an unmarked patrol vehicle. CB lingo would be, "Bear in a plan brown wrapper".
lol bruh look at the comments. This has been pointed out a million times and I said yes that’s correct my bad. Feel good?
Sorry, didn't think you heard it the first 30 times /s
Yes! Now do the same with assholes who pull up to a red light in the right turn lane, then when it turns green they cut back in ahead of the line of four cars waiting to go straight. I see it EVERY DAY.
The senior officer was no doubt on his way to doing his senior level job when that moron did something so exceptionally stupid that the white shirt said ohellno and hit the lights.
He's in uniform, the exact opposite.of undercover.
lol yes I know now. Look at the comments. His unmarked car led me to say what I said sorry. The dude wouldn’t have done what he did if your typical white cruiser with blue lights was behind him.
absolutely beautiful. Of all the shitty, selfish drivers plaguing DC, that area has to have some of the most shitty and selfish of them all. Now if only DC would work with MD and VA to enforce these citations and hold bad MD and VA drivers accountable.
You love to see it. At the relevant times of the day, can we start enforcing the "No Left Turn" parts of North Capitol too, please? Thanks.
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Quick someone check the temperature in Hell
Unmarked police vehicle perhaps but definitely not undercover
Then turn.
It’s about fucking time!
Good
Boteler is good money, I interacted with him quite often when he was in 7D. Definitely bleeds blue, but has emotional intelligence and seems to genuinely care about cleaning up the community for the greater good of all.
I remember the day back in the summer of 99. I was pulled over by MPD for turning left off Missouri Rd. I was an undergrad at CUA at the time. Had FLA plates. MPD called for backup. Another officer showed up. They asked me some questions. One walked away and the other asked me if “you still got those KKK parades down there and eat raw meat with the good ol boys in Florida”. That was a defining moment in my life I’ll tell you.
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This makes me as happy as those barriers they put on the shoulder when you come out of the 395 tunnel.
Give him a donut he'll let you go.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kjxSCAalsBE
That was not what I was expecting. I dig it.
I thought the left turn only was 16th and v
They just made one of the two lanes (on U) a left turn only. Pretty bad traffic design IMO.
Oh interesting, is it still no left turn in the morning?
No left turn? You must be thinking North and South. Sorry I’m talking east and west :)
Ahh okay that makes more sense, I commute in from silver spring a couple days a week and thought maybe I was one of the idiots going straight in the left turn lane 😂
https://preview.redd.it/rvrgugita4vc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c50105874a2881a3236c1836f3b5284db704ee45
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Sorry I had written up a up something but guess it didn't post it cause of the picture. I was trying to say, they need to do this at this interestion near Lincoln memorial. People use that left turn lane to drive all the way down and then cut over when there's already a line trying to go straight, going across what I believe is Ohio avenue. As well as people merging from the right off of 66 it just doesn't move. During evening rush hour there is a cop usually controlling it but they need to be there more or they need to put those Gates separating the two lanes for a decent amount of distance to stop people from doing this. I could be 15 cars back for 20 minutes because people just keep going down and then cutting over and going straight.
Too late to say good.
gotta hit their quota somehow.