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By Dottie Tiejun Li Washington, D.C.—Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy L. Lanier and Chinatown’s business and neighborhood leaders have been struggling to find common ground since December when the Department cleaned out the longtime, but under-utilized, headquarters of the special Asian Liaison Unit (ALU) on H Street, close by the ceremonial arch. At a meeting January 7, the Chief faced …

From: Wylie Chen  Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 7:42 PM To: Lanier, Cathy (MPD) Cc:David Chung; Richard Chiang; Chris Y. Chan; Martha Watanabe; Koo, Soohyun (EOM); Lawrence Liu; Groomes, Diane (MPD); Quander, Paul (EOM) Subject: Asian Liaison Unit Relocation January 23, 2013 Dear Chief Lanier: As members of the Commission on Asian Pacific Islander Affairs, we write to express our concern over …

By Dottie Tiejun Li D.C. police Sgt. Kenny Temsupasiri steps out onto H Street, NW. It’s mid-morning, a partly sunny day in Chinatown, and the sidewalks are full of people. The rich smells of Chinese cooking are beginning to waft from the omnipresent restaurants. He’s planning to cross over to Sixth Street to visit a store which has been robbed …