This month’s member spotlight features Richard Jerome, civil rights lawyer and expert in police accountability. From 1997 to 2001, he was Deputy Associate Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice, overseeing the work of the Civil Rights Division and the Community Relations Service, as well as coordinating DOJ’s efforts to promote police integrity.

Crime in Washington, DC: What You Need to Know
On the one-year anniversary of President Trump deploying National Guard troops to Washington, DC, this brief examines trends for eight different crime types in the nation’s capital going back to 2018.

