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Get a FREE Ride Home this Halloween

Here are tips to help make sure you and others are safe on the roads this Halloween.

Topics: Public Safety

New Way for Victims to Report Sex Abuse by Clergy

If you are a victim of child sexual abuse by clergy or have knowledge of such abuse, report it to OAG at www.ReportClergyAbusetoDCOAG.com

Topics: Public Safety

Report Child Abuse—It’s the Law

Reporting child abuse is required by law. Learn how to report.

Topics: Public Safety

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.

Topics: Public Safety
Testimony

Testimony on Five Bills Before the Committee on the Judiciary & Public Safety

Statement of Elizabeth WilkinsSenior 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.

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Testimony

AG Racine Testifies on Cure the Streets and 2018 Summer Crime Prevention Efforts

Statement of Karl A. RacineAttorney General for the District of Columbia

Topics: Public Safety

Urging Congress to Renew Violence Against Women Act

Last week, AG Racine urged Congress to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. 

Topics: Public Safety
Press Release

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…