Ben Conarck

@conarck

Criminal justice reporter @postlocal. Formerly @BaltimoreBanner • @MiamiHerald • @jaxdotcom • benconarck.27 on Signal 🦉

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New: D.C. lawmakers who hoped that Tuesday’s election results would help them clear hundreds of National Guard troops from the city learned Thursday that the Pentagon plans to send more military equipment for soldiers patrolling the nation’s capital.
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www.washingtonpost.com As D.C. leaders seek to oust National Guard, it’s getting boats and Humvees Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved the fleet upgrades, according to a Pentagon memo. Local officials say they’ll ask incoming governors to end deployments.

Ben Conarck @conarck 3d

Scruggs, a veteran of the corrections dept, presided over many prison controversies, including but not limited to an historic spike in killings and other violence, a troubled healthcare provider that skirted accountability, and the on-duty death of a parole and probation agent.

Pamela Wood @pwoodreporter 3d

NEWS: Maryland's secretary of public safety and corrections, Carolyn Scruggs, is stepping down from that role.

Scoop from @justin_fenton & me:
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Ben Conarck @conarck 4d

The political winds are shifting in D.C., with local lawmakers discussing their intent to lobby incoming Dem. governors from five states that flipped blue to withdraw about 628 National Guard troops from the District.
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www.washingtonpost.com D.C. lawmakers will call on new Democratic governors to withdraw National Guard D.C. officials on Thursday morning announced their intent to lobby incoming Democratic governors in states that flipped blue to recall their National Guard troops from the District.

Ben Conarck @conarck 4d

Happening now: D.C. Council public safety chair @CMBrookePinto is holding a public hearing on the surge of federal law enforcement and National Guard, starts off saying she is continuing to hear concerns about their presence. There are about 45 people in attendance.

Ben Conarck @conarck 4d

PERF is no stranger to D.C. policing, having been enlisted to conduct a “cultural assessment” of the police department that was released in 2023: mpdc.dc.gov/publication/pe…

mpdc.dc.gov PERF Cultural Assessment Report and MPD Response | mpdc In June 2021, Chief Contee contracted with the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) to conduct an organizational assessment of the District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). The...

Meagan Flynn @Meagan_Flynn 4d

Lewis George said today she has launched a local and national police chief search, which is being headed by the Police Executive Research Forum. Here’s what she had to say about it: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/…

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