DC Police Union Supports GOP-Led Effort Targeting Washington Police Reforms

U.S. Rep.-elect Clay Higgins (R-LA) (R) puts a bible on the back of Rep.-elect Andrew Clyde (R-GA) as he votes for House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2023. Win McNamee/Getty Images

The D.C. Police Union released a statement Thursday in support of a new GOP-led effort in Congress that would reverse local police reforms in Washington instituted on an emergency basis after the death of George Floyd in 2020.

“The nearly 3,500 members of the D.C. Police Union express our full support for the new House Joint Resolution to disapprove the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 passed by the D.C. City Council without the support or signature of Mayor Bowser,” the Union said in a press release.