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US: Two National Guard Members Shot in Washington, D.C. 3

Two West Virginia National Guard members were critically injured Wednesday, November 26 in a targeted shooting just blocks from the White House. The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national was taken into custody with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The FBI is investigating the incident as a possible act of international terrorism.

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US: Two National Guard Members Shot in Washington, D.C. 2

Two West Virginia National Guard members were critically injured Wednesday, November 26 in a targeted shooting just blocks from the White House. The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national was taken into custody with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The FBI is investigating the incident as a possible act of international terrorism. This video shows US Park Police helicopter N22PP responding to a shooting report at Farragut Square in Northwest, Washington, D.C.

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US: Two National Guard Members Shot in Washington, D.C.

Two West Virginia National Guard members were critically injured Wednesday, November 26 in a targeted shooting just blocks from the White House. The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national was taken into custody with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The FBI is investigating the incident as a possible act of international terrorism.

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Japan: Crane Collapses at Tokyo Demolition Site, Causes Power Outage

A crane collapsed at a demolition site in Koishikawa, Bunkyo Ward, central Tokyo, on Saturday, September 20, falling onto a neighboring building. While no one was injured, the accident caused damage to the building and cut power lines, leaving about 1,300 homes in the area without power.

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Protests Against The Deploy of National Guard Troops - Washington DC

People attend a protest organized by the Free DC Project near the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in response to President Donald Trump’s order placing the department under federal control. The directive, issued through U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, transfers authority over the MPD to a federally appointed administrator, on August 15, 2025 in Washington DC, USA. Photo by Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protests Against The Deploy of National Guard Troops - Washington DC

People attend a protest organized by the Free DC Project near the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in response to President Donald Trump’s order placing the department under federal control. The directive, issued through U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, transfers authority over the MPD to a federally appointed administrator, on August 15, 2025 in Washington DC, USA. Photo by Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protests Against The Deploy of National Guard Troops - Washington DC

People attend a protest organized by the Free DC Project near the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in response to President Donald Trump’s order placing the department under federal control. The directive, issued through U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, transfers authority over the MPD to a federally appointed administrator, on August 15, 2025 in Washington DC, USA. Photo by Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protests Against The Deploy of National Guard Troops - Washington DC

People attend a protest organized by the Free DC Project near the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in response to President Donald Trump’s order placing the department under federal control. The directive, issued through U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, transfers authority over the MPD to a federally appointed administrator, on August 15, 2025 in Washington DC, USA. Photo by Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Pro-Palestine Protests At George Washington University And Outside President’s House 5

Pro-Palestine protests continued at George Washington University with encampment set up for the 13th day on Tuesday, May 7. On the same night, these protesters also marched down to University President Ellen Granberg's house for their unmet requests, including protecting pro-Palestinian speech on campus, receiving full disclosure of university endowments and investments, and divesting all funds related to Israel-based academic partnerships. According to reports, The Metropolitan Police Department cleared out the encampment on campus and arrested 30 on early Wednesday. The video owner said that the MPD officer told protester on H and 21st crosswalk “You’re gonna get locked up tonight.”

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US: Pro-Palestine Protests At George Washington University And Outside President’s House

Pro-Palestine protests continued at George Washington University with encampment set up for the 13th day on Tuesday, May 7. On the same night, these protesters also marched down to University President Ellen Granberg's house for their unmet requests, including protecting pro-Palestinian speech on campus, receiving full disclosure of university endowments and investments, and divesting all funds related to Israel-based academic partnerships. According to reports, The Metropolitan Police Department cleared out the encampment on campus and arrested 30 on early Wednesday. The video owner said that the MPD was making their first of at least three warnings before arresting protesters.

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Investigation exposes "systemic problems" of Minneapolis police

STORY: Investigation exposes "systemic problems" of Minneapolis police DATELINE: June 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference STORYLINE: The U.S. Justice Department on Friday released an investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD), exposing its "systemic problems" including racial discrimination and the use of excessive force. Prompted by George Floyd's killing, the two-year investigation disclosed the MPD's constant engagement "in pattern or practice of conduct that deprives people of their rights under the Constitution and federal law." The MPD "unlawfully discriminated against Black and Native American people when enforcing the law" and local residents' constitutional rights were frequently violated, according to the investigation. Dangerous techniques and weapons against people who had committed at most a petty offense and sometimes no offense at all were used by the MPD, the investigation found, and it also u

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Tokyo police conduct drill

The Metropolitan Police Department conducts drill in Tokyo on March 2, 2023, for protection of dignitaries with police officers across the country in charge of security attending. The MPD is set to increase the number of security police after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot in July 2022 during a stump speech in the western city of Nara.

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Momoiro Clover Z performs on 'Day of Koban'

TOKYO, Japan - Members of Japanese idol group Momoiro Clover Z perform with accompaniment from the band of the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2015. The MPD has designated Aug. 25 as the "Day of Koban" as the first koban or police box was decided to be placed in Tokyo on the day of 1874.

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MPD riot squad members gather for parade

TOKYO, Japan - The Metropolitan Police Department's riot squad members line up at the outer garden of the Meiji Jingu, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, on May 22, 2014 for a parade.

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Tokyo police gear up for APEC

TOKYO, Japan - Riot police officers including those wearing anti-biochemical attack gear take part in an annual review of the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on May 25, 2010. MPD chief Katsuhiko Ikeda told some 2,000 participants to brace for incidents including a possible terrorist attack occurring in the run-up to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum Japan hosts in November.

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Tokyo police gear up for APEC

TOKYO, Japan - Riot police officers march at an annual review of the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on May 25, 2010. MPD chief Katsuhiko Ikeda told some 2,000 participants to brace for incidents including a possible terrorist attack occurring in the run-up to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum Japan hosts in November.

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Window falls from police helicopter over Tokyo's Setagaya Ward

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows an empty window frame on the Metropolitan Police Department helicopter Otori after the glass pane fell off while it was flying some 600 meters above Tokyo's Setagaya Ward in the afternoon of June 9. The glass pane, which weighed 2.25 kilograms, has not been found. (Photo courtesy of the MPD)

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Memorial service for police dogs held at Tokyo pets cemetery

TOKYO, Japan - Attended by three police dogs and joined by 40 police officers, Yasuo Nishizawa, head of the Identification Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, prays before the MPD tomb for police dogs during a memorial service at a pets cemetery in Tokyo on Sept. 23. A total of 186 police dogs and security dogs, including four that have died so far this year, have been buried in the cemetery.

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Social Insurance Agency official arrested over bribery

TOKYO, Japan - Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department search the Medical Economics Division of the Health and Welfare Ministry's Health Insurance Bureau after the MPD arrested an official of the Social Insurance Agency and a former executive of the Japan Dental Association on suspicion of bribery in connection with the agency's supervision of hospitals.

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MPD going all-out to recruit top-quality younger people

TOKYO, Japan - Keita Soeda (L) and Reina Fujita are among about 120 young Metropolitan Police Department officers, tasked with recruiting university students. This photo was taken during a press conference on Aug. 31.

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(1)4 nabbed in shooting of ex-NPA chief Kunimatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Nagai, head of the security section of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), announces at a press conference at the MPD headquarters in Tokyo on July 7 the arrest of a former police officer and three former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult members over the 1995 shooting of then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu.

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(2)Ex-Kyoto racetrack chief suspected of taking bribes

TOKYO, Japan - Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers arrive at the Tokyo house of a former head of the Japan Racing Association's (JRA) Kyoto racetrack Nov. 20 for investigations. The man is suspected of taking 1.6 million yen in bribes from the former president of a firm that makes prepaid cards.

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Police surveillance cameras in operation in Tokyo's Kabukicho

TOKYO, Japan - A surveillance camera set up by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district surveys a street of Japan's largest adult entertainment area. The MPD put 50 surveillance cameras into operation Feb. 27 in the district as part of its crime-fighting efforts there.

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MPD holds classes on the art of making safe arrests

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran police officers perform techniques in Tokyo on July 12 on how to make safe and effective arrests for classes newly launched by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) following an increase in assaults against policemen and women in the line of duty. MPD officials said the Tokyo police are the first in Japan to hold such classes in which about 40 techniques, some of which are derived from judo, kendo and aikido, are taught in order to produce ''strong policemen.''

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Gov. Ventura visits MPD

TOKYO, Japan - Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura listens to an official's explanation about Tokyo's emergency traffic information system during a visit to the Metropolitan Police Department on Nov. 9.

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Former Tokyo police chief Tsuchida dies at 77

Former Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) chief Kuniyasu Tsuchida died of cancer of the pancreas Sunday morning at a Tokyo hospital, his family said. he was 77. During Tsuchida's more than 19 years at the MPD, many sensational crimes occurred, including the 1968 robbery of 300 million yen in Fuchu, western Tokyo, and a series of bombings of company buildings in 1974.

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Handguns seized by Tokyo police in 1998 5-year-high

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) unveils Jan. 4 converted model guns confiscated at the house of a Nakano-kai criminal gang leader in September last year. MPD confiscated 281 handguns -- 40 percent of them converted from model guns -- last year, the highest number seized in five years.

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Congressional Jan 6Th Commission Hearing - DC

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 27: Representatives greet law enforcement witnesses after the Congressional Jan 6th commission hearing has ended, in Washington, DC. From left are Rep. Elaine Luria(D-VA), Rep. Liz Cheney(R-WY), MPD officer Michael Fanone, Rep. Veronica Escobar(D-TX).Photo by Bill O'Leary/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Congressional Jan 6Th Commission Hearing - DC

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 27: Committee Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson(D-MS), left, listens as member Rep. Liz Cheney(R-WY), right, questions Officer Michael Fanone of the MPD during the Congressional Jan 6th commission hearing, in Washington, DC. Photo by Bill O'Leary/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Congressional Jan 6Th Commission Hearing - DC

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 27: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee(D-TX) greets MPD officer Michael Fanone before the Congressional Jan 6th commission hearing begins, in Washington, DC. Photo by Bill O'Leary/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Congressional Jan 6Th Commission Hearing - DC

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 27: Members of the Congressional Jan 6th commission listen to testimony from MPD officer Michael Fanone, foreground, as the hearing begins, in Washington, DC. From left are Rep. Liz Cheney(R-WY), Fanone, Rep. Adam Kinzinger(R-IL), and Rep. Jamie Raskin(D-MD).Photo by Bill O'Leary/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Congressional Jan 6Th Commission Hearing - DC

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 27: The law enforcement witnesses prepare to depart after he Congressional Jan 6th commission hearing has been gaveled closed, in Washington, DC. From left are Aquilino Gonell of the U.S. Capitol Police, MPD officer Michael Fanone, MPD officer Daniel Hodges and Harry Dunn of the Capitol police and Photo by Bill O'Leary/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Congressional Jan 6Th Commission Hearing - DC

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 27: Committee Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson(D-MS), right, and member Rep. Zoe Lofgren(D-CA), left, listen to Officer Daniel Hodges of the MPD during the Congressional Jan 6th commission hearing, in Washington, DC. Photo by Bill O'Leary/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Congressional Jan 6Th Commission Hearing - DC

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 27: Rep. Liz Cheney(R-WY) embraces MPD officer Michael Fanone while her fellow Republican Dan Kinzinger(R-IL) waits his turn as the Congressional Jan 6th commission hearing begins, in Washington, DC. Photo by Bill O'Leary/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Congressional Jan 6Th Commission Hearing - DC

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 27: The law enforcement witnesses prepare to depart after he Congressional Jan 6th commission hearing has been gaveled closed, in Washington, DC. From left are Aquilino Gonell of the U.S. Capitol Police, MPD officer Michael Fanone, MPD officer Daniel Hodges and Harry Dunn of the Capitol police and Photo by Bill O'Leary/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Congressional Jan 6Th Commission Hearing - DC

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 27: Rep. Liz Cheney(R-WY) greets Capitol police officer Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, right, as her fellow Republican Dan Kinzinger(R-IL) embraces MPD officer Michael Fanone, left, as the Congressional Jan 6th commission hearing begins, in Washington, DC. Photo by Bill O'Leary/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(2)Ex-Kyoto racetrack chief suspected of taking bribes

TOKYO, Japan - Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers arrive at the Tokyo house of a former head of the Japan Racing Association's (JRA) Kyoto racetrack Nov. 20 for investigations. The man is suspected of taking 1.6 million yen in bribes from the former president of a firm that makes prepaid cards. (Kyodo)

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(1)4 nabbed in shooting of ex-NPA chief Kunimatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Nagai, head of the security section of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), announces at a press conference at the MPD headquarters in Tokyo on July 7 the arrest of a former police officer and three former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult members over the 1995 shooting of then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo police hold biannual memorial service for police dogs

Tomoaki Uehara, chief of the identification section of the Metropolitan Police Department, offers prayers before the cenotaph dedicated to 236 police dogs that have died. The dogs contributed to crime investigations and to rescuing people hit by natural disasters and were commemorated during biannual memorial services in Tokyo on March 20, 2016. "These dogs worked as members of the MPD. I said 'thank you' in my heart and prayed for their souls to rest," Uehara said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo police thank actress for help in traffic safety campaign

Actress Mizuki Yamamoto receives a stuffed toy of police mascot "Pipo-kun" from Hiroyuki Osawa, head of the Traffic Bureau at the Metropolitan Police Department, at the MPD headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2015. The police also handed the actress a letter of gratitude for appearing in a poster for their traffic safety campaign. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Newly appointed MPD chief Takahashi speaks in interview

Kiyotaka Takahashi, appointed as the 92nd superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, speaks in an interview at the National Police Agency on July 29, 2015. Takahashi will succeed Naoyoshi Takatsuna effective Aug. 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MPD going all-out to recruit top-quality younger people

TOKYO, Japan - Keita Soeda (L) and Reina Fujita are among about 120 young Metropolitan Police Department officers, tasked with recruiting university students. This photo was taken during a press conference on Aug. 31. (Kyodo)

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Memorial service for police dogs held at Tokyo pets cemetery

TOKYO, Japan - Attended by three police dogs and joined by 40 police officers, Yasuo Nishizawa, head of the Identification Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, prays before the MPD tomb for police dogs during a memorial service at a pets cemetery in Tokyo on Sept. 23. A total of 186 police dogs and security dogs, including four that have died so far this year, have been buried in the cemetery. (Kyodo)

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Window falls from police helicopter over Tokyo's Setagaya Ward

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows an empty window frame on the Metropolitan Police Department helicopter Otori after the glass pane fell off while it was flying some 600 meters above Tokyo's Setagaya Ward in the afternoon of June 9. The glass pane, which weighed 2.25 kilograms, has not been found. (Photo courtesy of the MPD) (Kyodo)

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Social Insurance Agency official arrested over bribery

TOKYO, Japan - Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department search the Medical Economics Division of the Health and Welfare Ministry's Health Insurance Bureau after the MPD arrested an official of the Social Insurance Agency and a former executive of the Japan Dental Association on suspicion of bribery in connection with the agency's supervision of hospitals. (Kyodo)

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Police surveillance cameras in operation in Tokyo's Kabukicho

TOKYO, Japan - A surveillance camera set up by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district surveys a street of Japan's largest adult entertainment area. The MPD put 50 surveillance cameras into operation Feb. 27 in the district as part of its crime-fighting efforts there.

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Tokyo police gear up for APEC

TOKYO, Japan - Riot police officers march at an annual review of the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on May 25, 2010. MPD chief Katsuhiko Ikeda told some 2,000 participants to brace for incidents including a possible terrorist attack occurring in the run-up to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum Japan hosts in November. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo police gear up for APEC

TOKYO, Japan - Riot police officers including those wearing anti-biochemical attack gear take part in an annual review of the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on May 25, 2010. MPD chief Katsuhiko Ikeda told some 2,000 participants to brace for incidents including a possible terrorist attack occurring in the run-up to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum Japan hosts in November. (Kyodo)

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Momoiro Clover Z performs on 'Day of Koban'

TOKYO, Japan - Members of Japanese idol group Momoiro Clover Z perform with accompaniment from the band of the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2015. The MPD has designated Aug. 25 as the "Day of Koban" as the first koban or police box was decided to be placed in Tokyo on the day of 1874. (Kyodo)

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MPD holds classes on the art of making safe arrests

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran police officers perform techniques in Tokyo on July 12 on how to make safe and effective arrests for classes newly launched by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) following an increase in assaults against policemen and women in the line of duty. MPD officials said the Tokyo police are the first in Japan to hold such classes in which about 40 techniques, some of which are derived from judo, kendo and aikido, are taught in order to produce ''strong policemen.''