2026-05-01T12:47:04-04:00 / 福克斯新闻
华盛顿特区警方证实已撤回第六区警长发送的邮件，此时正值特朗普政府打击华盛顿特区犯罪活动
作者：查尔斯·克赖茨，福克斯新闻
发布于2026年5月1日 美国东部时间下午12:47
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本周，一封华盛顿特区警方内部邮件因指责基层警员在随身摄像头拍摄的画面中“耍手段”规避在有合理依据的情况下实施逮捕，引发政治风暴。
此消息传出之际，特朗普政府正从联邦层面打击哥伦比亚特区的犯罪活动。根据联邦调查局的数据，尽管犯罪率已从2023年的峰值稳步下降，但这个国家首都的人均暴力犯罪率仍持续高于全国平均水平。
华盛顿特区警察局向福克斯新闻数字频道证实，该局高层已撤回第六警察区第二分区警长发送的邮件。该分区覆盖马里恩·巴里大道以北、约翰·菲利普·苏萨大桥以东区域。
“我们看到越来越多的随身摄像头（BWC）拍到警员在有明显合理依据（RAS）或合理怀疑的情况下未实施逮捕。这导致了内部事务部（IAD）和市民投诉委员会（OPC）收到大量投诉，也让受害者和投诉人得不到警方保护，” 杰罗姆·美林警长写道。
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2025年11月26日，华盛顿特区市中心发生枪击案后，警员用犯罪现场胶带封锁区域。两名国民警卫队成员在白宫附近遭枪击，警方拘留了一名嫌疑人。（德鲁·安格/法新社）
这封首先被华盛顿哥伦比亚广播公司附属机构获取的信件称，由于未能识别或纠正与公众互动的分类方式，越来越多的警务人员陷入麻烦。
“请不要试图耍手段规避逮捕，我向你保证，这么做不值得承担后果，”备忘录中写道，并敦促警员在侦探需要跟进之前实施逮捕或申请搜查令。
警方告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，邮件中的信息“不正确”，华盛顿特区警察局正在调查此事。
当被问及在任何情况下是否可以基于合理怀疑实施逮捕时，前最高法院警务总监罗斯·斯沃普告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，两者的区别“不仅是大多数警局的常规做法，更是法律规定”。
斯沃普曾在华盛顿特区警察局服役数十年，后来撰写了关于警察伦理和内部运作的文本，他表示，合理依据需要比合理怀疑更高的确定性。
“它要求更高程度的确定性，” 他说。“合理依据是指警员所知晓的事实和情况，足以让一个理性的人相信已经发生了可以进行当场逮捕的犯罪行为。”
华盛顿特区市长称与特朗普举行了“很棒的会面”，此前曾公开不和，双方在首都事务上找到了“共同点”
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他表示，美林可能查看了随身摄像头 footage，并自认为本该实施逮捕，但他仅基于合理怀疑就指示警员实施逮捕的做法是错误的。
福克斯新闻数字频道也联系了华盛顿特区警察工会寻求置评，但未收到回复。
但工会主席格雷格·彭伯顿事后告诉哥伦比亚广播公司附属机构，他基本上独立同意斯沃普的观点。
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“工会已经审查了美林警长的邮件，并认定我们的警员不基于合理可明确说明的怀疑实施逮捕的原因是，这么做是违法的，” 彭伯顿告诉该媒体。
“我们本以为一名巡逻区警长应该知道这一点，但不幸的是，这名指挥官级官员证明自己信息闭塞，无力管理哥伦比亚特区的警务工作，” 他补充道。
查尔斯·克赖茨是福克斯新闻数字频道记者。
他于2013年加入福克斯新闻，担任撰稿人和制作助理。
查尔斯负责报道福克斯新闻数字频道的媒体、政治和文化领域。
查尔斯是宾夕法尼亚州本地人，毕业于天普大学，获广播新闻学学士学位。新闻线索可发送至charles.creitz@fox.com。
DC police captain cites bodycam footage of officers not making arrests, sparking backlash
2026-05-01T12:47:04-04:00 / Fox News
MPD confirmed it rescinded the email sent by a Sixth District captain as the Trump administration cracks down on DC crime
By Charles Creitz, Fox News
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A political firestorm erupted this week after a Washington, D.C., internal police email appeared to reprimand rank-and-file officers for body camera footage allegedly showing them “finess[ing]” their way out of making arrests on reasonable grounds.
The news comes as the Trump administration cracks down on crime in the District of Columbia at the federal level. While crime rates have steadily declined from a peak in 2023, the nation’s capital continues to suffer per-capita violent crime at higher rates than the national average, according to FBI data.
The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital that its brass had rescinded an email sent by the captain for Sector 2 of the Sixth Police District, which covers areas north of Marion Barry Avenue and east of the John Philip Sousa Bridge.
“We are seeing more and more BWCs [body-worn cameras] where officers are not making arrests where probable cause or RAS [reasonable amount of suspicion] is apparent. This is leading to complaints to IAD (internal affairs division) and OPC, and it is also leaving victims and complainants unprotected by the police,” wrote Capt. Jerome Merrill.
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Merrill’s letter, first obtained by Washington’s CBS affiliate, said the situation is getting many police officials in trouble for failing to recognize or correct classifications of interactions with the public.
“Please do not try and finesse your way out of an arrest it is not worth the consequences I assure you,” the memo said, urging police to make arrests or apply for warrants before detectives need to follow up on them.
The department told Fox News Digital the information in the email was “incorrect” and that MPD is investigating.
Asked about the situation and whether arrests can be made on reasonable suspicion in any context, former Supreme Court Chief of Police Ross Swope told Fox News Digital that the distinction is “not only typical of most departments, it is the law.”
Swope, who served for decades with the MPD and later wrote texts on police ethics and internal operations, said probable cause requires more than reasonable suspicion.
“It requires a higher degree of certainty,” he said. “[Probable cause] is when the facts and circumstances within an officer’s knowledge would lead a reasonable person to believe that a crime has been committed for which a summary arrest may be permitted.”
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6389848964112
He said Merrill may have viewed body cams and believed in his own view that arrests should have been made, but that he was wrong to instruct officers to make arrests based solely on reasonable suspicion.
Fox News Digital also reached out to the D.C. Police Union for comment but did not receive a response.
But Union President Gregg Pemberton told the CBS affiliate after the fact that he essentially, independently, agreed with Swope.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6379606236112
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“The Union has reviewed Captain Merrill’s email and determined that the reason that our members are not making arrests based on reasonable articulable suspicion is because that’s illegal,” Pemberton told the outlet.
“We would expect a captain of a police patrol district to know that, but unfortunately, this command staff official has proven himself uninformed and incapable of managing police operations in the District of Columbia,” he added.
Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant.
Charles covers media, politics and culture for Fox News Digital.
Charles is a Pennsylvania native and graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. Story tips can be sent to charles.creitz@fox.com.
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