D.C. Auditor, Police Union at Odds about Police Staffing Study

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D.C. Auditor, Police Union at Odds about Police Staffing Study

The D.C. Police Union and the Office of the D.C. Auditor are in a dispute over whether the union will facilitate interviews with MPD officers, detectives and sergeants for a police staffing study, which is intended to improve MPD's effectiveness, efficiency and accountability.

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