The District’s mayor on Thursday named Peter J. Newsham, a longtime department veteran, as the city’s permanent police chief to replace Cathy L. Lanier. Newsham, 52, will lead an agency with nearly 3,800 officers and one of the highest profiles in the country. [D.C. mayor close to naming permanent police chief]In selecting Newsham, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) chose continuity. “When you call us, we will always come, and when we come, we are coming to help,” Newsham said. “Just because things have changed at a federal level, nothing has changed for our city,” Newsham said last month.

Source: Washington Post February 23, 2017 14:32 UTC