News & Updates
Cure the Streets: OAG’s Violence Interruption Program
OAG has launched and fully staffed its own violence interruption program called “Cure the Streets” and it’s already showing some early signs of progress.
Testimony on Five Bills Before the Committee on the Judiciary & Public Safety
Statement of Elizabeth Wilkins Senior Counsel for Policy
Preventing Suicide: Connecting At-Risk Individuals to Mental Health Resources
Earlier this summer, the Centers for Disease Control released a report showing that suicide rates between 1999 and 2016 have increased more than 30 percent in half of the states and by about 16 percent in the District.
AG Racine Testifies on Cure the Streets and 2018 Summer Crime Prevention Efforts
Statement of Karl A. Racine Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Urging Congress to Renew Violence Against Women Act
Last week, AG Racine urged Congress to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.
AG Racine Launches Special Victims Unit to Prosecute Crimes Against Vulnerable Residents
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has launched a Special Victims Unit (SVU) to focus on prosecuting crimes against some of the most vulnerable people in the District: sexual assault victims, young children, elders, people with…
AG Racine Sues Automotive Companies for Illegal Oil Spills that Threaten the Anacostia River and District Residents
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against a group of auto repair and sales businesses located in Ward 5 for repeatedly spilling toxic oil onto neighborhood sidewalks and streets, the culmination of a pattern of environmental violations spanning a decade.
AG Racine Leads Multistate Coalition Urging Supreme Court to Allow Police Officers to Act to Protect Public Safety
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a coalition of 15 states and the District of Columbia in a friend-of-the-court brief in a United States Supreme Court case that could make it more difficult for police to do their jobs.
AG Racine Takes Action Against Neglectful Property Owners to Stop Crime in District Neighborhoods
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced multiple actions against several residential and commercial property owners to end concentrated drug- and firearm-related activity taking place at their buildings.