Police union leaders in the District bashed D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson for having a security detail by his home while the city purportedly lacks cops.
The spat started when the D.C. Police Union said Mr. Mendelson called the cops over the weekend because of protesters outside his Southeast residence.
The union said Mr. Mendelson wasn’t happy with the slow response and took it out on Metropolitan Police and the Office of Unified Communications, which handles 911 calls.
“Because he decimated the police department with horrible legislation and our staffing now has 800+ vacancies, there was a delay in responding to his home,” the union said on X. “Because of the delay, Mr. Mendelson called and screamed at the OUC and MPD staff. There is now a permanent security detail at his home staffed by an MPD officer who should be handling more important matters.”
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