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D.C.’s newly selected MPD Acting Chief Pamela Smith seems more focused on connecting wayward youths and their parents with family programs inside MPD and the government than on locking them up.

In an interview with 7News, Smith talked about a range of issues. She takes over at a time when violent crime in the city is more than 30% higher than it was at this point a year ago; homicides are up nearly 20%.

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