Councilmember Brooke Pinto announces major end of year improvements in public safety for District residents after spending all year focused on driving down crime, advancing safety legislation, and increasing oversight of the District’s 911 call center and violence interruption efforts. As a result,

Brooke's Briefing: Giving Thanks and Home for the Holidays

Tomorrow, November 5th, is Election Day. In this newsletter, I will provide information on how to cast your vote as well as information on security throughout the District to keep residents, visitors, and our businesses, schools, and places of worship safe.

Today, Councilmember Brooke Pinto announced the introduction of the Residential Tranquility Emergency Amendment Act to address ongoing concerns of demonstrations targeting individual residences with excessive sound and the throwing of projectiles as intimidation tactics.

This week was full of important hearings both in the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety and across the Council. In this newsletter, I will provide an update on some of these hearings as well as share information about emergency legislation I introduced that will receive a vote at the next

Election day – November 5th – is three weeks away and I am writing with important information on how to cast your vote.

As we move through the fall, I continue to hold oversight hearings to ensure our agencies are performing to the highest standards as District residents deserve, to identify needed improvements in performance, and to catalyze those improvements.

Today marks the one year anniversary of the horrific terrorist attack by Hamas on the people of Israel.

An update on Councilmember Pinto's fall 2024 oversight and legislation plan including information on the hearings on our 911 call center and violence interruption programs.

New legislation along with rigorous oversight will propel the improvements in public safety residents are asking for and deserve.