By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years

The Prince George's County Police Department's new gun-offender registry unit is monitoring fewer convicted gun offenders than the number it initially estimated, according to data provided by police.

The Prince George's County Police Department is forming a new investigative division this year in a bid to streamline casework and boost case closures, according to police officials.
The trial taking place in Prince George's County of two veteran county police officers for their alleged actions against a University of Maryland student needs to be approached with caution and a careful review of the trial proceedings ("Defense: UMd. student beaten by P.G. police provoked attack," Web, Monday).

A line of thunderstorms that stretched from Pennsylvania to Virginia walloped the D.C.-area Tuesday afternoon, toppling trees, knocking out power to thousands, and flooding roads as commuters started their evening trip home.

A Capitol Heights teenager was gunned down Tuesday as he walked to school, turning what would have been a week of back-to-school traditions into tearful mourning for a young man classmates remember as always smiling.

The Prince George's County Police Department's inspector general said it's likely the case of a District Heights police officer who shot a handcuffed man in the back as he fled from the officer's custody will go before a grand jury.

Two men were arrested Saturday night on charges related to shooting into a large crowd of people gathered in a fast food restaurant parking lot, police said.

The owners and managers of seven nightclubs in Prince George's County were indicted on tax evasion charges Tuesday, signaling that county officials' war on problem nightclubs is far from over.

A Prince George's County Council member was clocked driving more than 105 miles per hour on the Capital Beltway in her county-owned vehicle but didn't receive a speeding ticket, police said Tuesday.

Police have identified the driver killed when her BMW ran off the road Monday night and crashed into a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Landover.

Prince George's police have identified the victims in two fatal shootings Monday night that occurred within close proximity.
A D.C. police officer charged with murder is due in court Monday in Prince George's County.

Prince George's County arrested a veteran Metropolitan Police Department officer Friday and charged him with the killing of a woman and her 1-year-old child.
The Prince George's County Police Department is investigating its sixth officer involved shooting this year after an officer shot an armed man in Cottage City on Sunday, a police spokesman said.
More than half of the region's police departments have no written policies on how officers should handle issues concerning illegal aliens or immigration enforcement, according to information obtained by The Washington Times under Freedom of Information Act requests.