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This DC Community Activist Anticipated Federal Control of the City’s Police Department

Years ago, when Robert Contee was the chief of D.C. police, community activist Ronald Moten sounded the alarm. He felt young people in the city would commit a crime and get released without receiving the proper services and help that they needed. It was clear to him that they could be helped, but “what was in place is not what they needed, and we were throwing them back in the community,” Moten said. Moten, a violence prevention specialist and u…

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Years ago, when Robert Contee was the chief of DC police, community activist Ronald Moten sounded the alarm. He believed that the city’s youth would commit a crime and be released without receiving the proper services and help they needed. He was clear that they could be helped, but “what was not what they needed, and we were returning them to the community,” said Moten. Moten, a specialist in violence prevention and urban conflict resolution, s…

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Washington Top News broke the news in Washington, United States on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
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