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D.C. Plan for Federal Officers Gets Cool Response;House Panel Skeptical of Idea to Use Capitol Police in Drug Raids
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The Washington Post
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June 16, 1989
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Copyright informationCopyright 1989 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)
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D.C. Police Chief-designate Isaac Fulwood Jr. outlined a proposal
yesterday to temporarily reassign 500 Capitol Police, U.S. Park
Police and uniformed Secret Service officers for use in saturation
drug raids in high-crime areas of Northeast and Southeast Washington.
"I would use the Capitol Police in our Special Operations
Division, patrolling high-intensity drug areas . . . {and taking
part} in high-visibility saturation patrols," Fulwood told members of
a House subcommittee on personnel and police.
The presentation was given a cool reception by Chairman Mary Rose
Oakar (D-Ohio) and other perplexed subcommittee members, who had
thought that the federal officers would be assigned to ...
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