By Dottie Tiejun Li Police Chief Cathy Lanier has apparently settled on using space at the Chinatown Community Cultural Center at 616 H Street, NW, part of the Gallery Place development, for a “workstation,” even if she had not yet informed the Center of that as Asian Fortune went to press. The workstation is to be occupied by a new …
Read More »An Exchange of E-Mails Between members of the Commission on Asian & Pacific Islander Affairs and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy L. Lanier
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 …
Read More »Police Chief Lanier Plays Defense on Asian Unit HQ Closing in Chinatown; Questions Remain.
By Dottie Tiejun Li D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier fielded questions and comments from disgruntled citizens and business people Wednesday night (Dec. 5) over the abrupt shutting down of the Asian Liaison Unit’s longtime substation in Chinatown. By the end of the hastily scheduled and occasionally tense meeting, a somewhat chastened Chief promised to maintain a permanent police presence in …
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