Talk:Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia

message: "It is possibly internationally the best known police department in the United States due to the television series The District."
Oh? and what about NYPD blue? I never even saw this show once in my life. Neither did I see NYPD blue but I knew the show existed. Is this a fact or what, is there anyone international to support this claim?
I typed in "The Mets" meaning the NYC baseball team and was automatically redirected here.  Should there be a disambig page for this?  Pnkrockr 18:17, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
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message: I have added a tag on this article due to the fact it does not cite its sources or referances, please do not remove the tag until sources have been cited in proper citaion format, thank you. --T Van Wormer (talk) 00:26, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources

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message: Would anyone else like to know what the standard pistol is? I'm pretty sure its a type of Glock, but I'm not familar on the model. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.176.176.188 (talk) 13:28, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Patrol Officers are currently issued the Glock 17, rarely a Glock 19. Detectives have the option of switching to the Glock 19 and Lieutenants and above have the option of using a Glock 17, 19, or 26 as their issued service weapon. Authorized off-duty weapons include the Glock 17, 19, 26, or 43. Members who qualified with the .38 revolver prior to the switch to the Glock are grandfathered in and authorized to carry the .38 revolver as an off-duty weapon, however no new authorizations of the .38 are permitted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.82.32.13 (talk) 03:05, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Service weapons.

message: New to wiki, so I don't know if I'm doing this right. The article mentions the Crown Victoria police cruiser being American made. It's assembled in Canada. I thought it was more Canadian than American. Even the Crown Victoria article states Canada. Maybe this should be updated? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.33.47.146 (talk) 14:59, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Crown Victoria Assembly

message: On the right sleeve of MPDC uniforms, there's a patch that says "WASHINGTON, D.C. - THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE". When did MPDC start wearing these patches? Also, when did the current MPDC patch, the one worn on the left sleeve, start being worn? – Illegitimate Barrister, 02:55, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The "American Experience" patch was initiated by Ramsey in '98-'99. However while most of us still wear them, they are currently in the process of being phased out. As to the official MPD patch on our left shoulder, there is an early version of it with a blue trim that can be seen in a picture of several MPD officers in their dress uniforms with President Johnson that I believe was taken in the 60's but the patch was never used on day-to-day uniforms until around 1975-78 when the current version of it was initiated. Don't know the exact year, sorry. Lshevu (talk) 11:19, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: As of 2015 the "American Experience" patch is no longer issued or used, however uniforms issued prior to the change still show the patch on the right sleeve. At this time no other patch is affixed to the right sleeve.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.82.32.13 (talk) 03:08, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the info. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 09:22, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Patch question 

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message: As it has been determined that I have a COI related to this article, I would like to recommend the following edits be explored:
-Citations 1-3 should be deleted and the motto should either be deleted as well or changed to the DC motto of "Justia Omnibus". The slogan contained in an email signature is not an agency motto as of 2022. 
-The organization and personnel section is out of date. I would be happy to bring it current as I am unsure of how an unrelated person would be able to accurately update and cite this section. I would outline edits here but they are significant.
-The demographics section is out of date
Thank you for considering these edits. DPG1987 (talk) 03:27, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updates 

message: The infobox on this article is comically long. I don't think we ought to have the patch, badge, seal, and flag, when most of them are redundant to each other. Could we at least collapse the less-important ones?  talk 03:25, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox shortening