Is there any way I can get relatively current Washington, DC police/fire/EMT dispatch information onlineor on my desktop? [more inside]
posted by Inspector.Gadget on Oct 19, 2008 - 3 answers

DC Parking Filter: If there is a car in my parking spot, do I need to call the police first, or can I just call and get the car towed? [more inside]
posted by echo0720 on Jul 3, 2007 - 10 answers

Why do the motorcycle cops leading up a motorcade wave (both hands) when they go around a corner? What are they signaling? [more inside]
posted by clgregor on Sep 26, 2006 - 8 answers

How many police forces have jurisdiction in the District of Columbia? (For the purposes of this, I'm taking 'police' to be roughly equivalent to 'people empowered to arrest citizens in (primarily) public areas of the city', excluding e.g. embassy security staff and so on.) [more inside]
posted by chrysippus on Sep 6, 2006 - 10 answers