# power
Between 2009 and 2019, the DC Police Department's disciplinary branch sought to fire 24 officers after its internal affairs division investigated allegations of criminal misconduct against them. Among the cases: an officer accused of threatening sex workers with a gun and demanding sex, an officer who admitted to punching and kicking his wife so hard that she broke bones around her eye socket; An officer allegedly ran over the mother of his children with his Chevy Tahoe. In all but three of the 24 cases, the officers remain on duty today after a panel of senior officers ruled to terminate the dismissals. Internal affairs investigators determined that at least 64 people currently serving as police officers had committed criminal misconduct. Of the 24 recommended for dismissal, 21 received disciplinary action, such as suspension or demotion, or acquittal; They went on working. The 40 officers not recommended for dismissal committed crimes including drunk or reckless driving, stalking, harassment and property damage. Particularly disturbing is the number of officers who have been accused of domestic abuse and appear to have received passes.