Police Report. Lt. Johnson gave the crime report for the past 30 days. An assault with a deadly weapon happened in the 2400 block of Wisconsin Avenue. It was a domestic situation, and an arrest warrant has been issued for the assailant. One robbery happened in the early morning hours of 2/17 in the 3700 block of Calvert Street. The victim was walking and was jumped by three armed men who got out of a white Honda Civic. That same car was seen at a robbery on New Mexico Avenue, at Tenley where someone was carjacked and again at another robbery in 4D. All these incidents with the same suspects and the same lookout happened within an hour and a half of the first robbery. The same suspects and the same car were spotted at robbery in the same area the next morning. The Federal-DC task force pursued them but could not apprehend the suspects. They did, however, recover the vehicle and some of the missing property. Commissioner Howie asked if National Guard that are patrolling near Glover Park and downtown could be deployed to patrol Wisconsin Avenue in Glover Park. Lt. Johnson said that the National Guard are separate from the Federal-DC task force and that they do not work with the other Federal partners. Commissioner Lavezzo asked about the Glover Tobacco. Lt. Johnson said they were closed down due to ABCA violations. Lt. Johnson will check on an arrest made around 4000 Tunlaw on February 4th and in the 4100 block of Davis Place on March 7th.
Briefing on Ranked Choice Voting. LeDawne White and Yewoinhareg Kebede, DC Board of Elections. Bert Ross, Yewoinhareg Kebede and Karla Garcia from the Board of Elections gave a presentation on Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) which will be effect for the DC primary elections on June 16th. For a race to eligible for RCV, three or more qualified candidates must be running. For those races that meet the eligibility requirement, voters make rank the candidates in their order of preference up to five choices. The goal of RCV is to determine which choice has majority support. If no candidate has a majority on the first pass through, then those ranked at the bottom are eliminated and the second ranked choices on the ballots are tabulated. This process continues until one candidate has a majority. Details about RCV and a “practice” ballot is available at https://dcboe.org/rcv.
Updates and Information
- Commissioner Lane gave updates from Owen Cox, Ward 3 Liaison from the Mayor’s Office of Community Relations and Services (MOCRS). MOCRS will have office hours at the Cleveland Park Library from 3-5 pm on Friday, March 27th. Also, the Mayor’s annual spring cleanup will be based at Guy Mason Recreation Center this year on Saturday, April 25th. Start time is 10 am.
- For any leftover Christmas trees, please report to 311 so they can be picked up.