COIN comes home to assist policing

[Tacitus]

Interesting story I heard on NPR on the drive into work today.

D.C. Police use Radical Tactic to Combat Homicides
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=91379525

They're setting up Bagdad style checkpoints (in a "failed state" type neighborhood you might say) to check IDs of people coming in to determine if they have a legitimate use to be in the neighborhood.

Obviously, this is controversial. And residents of the neighborhood have differing opinions. The D.C. police chief seems determined, though, and thinks it is working to lower homicides.