[Scan-DC] Reagan National and Dulles airports

Thu, 01 Apr 2004 17:21:47 -0500

	Just in case there is any need to confuse the issue some more, "The 
District of Columbia" indeed encompasses parts of Virginia and Maryland
  but residents of Arlington and Bethesda would never state that they live 
in DC. To attempt to clear up the issue of who would respond to a homicide 
in Ronald Reagan National, their official website states that the 
airport's location is in Arlington County, Virginia. I assume that 
Arlington County would handle this case as the MWAA police are not 
equipped to handle a homicide. As to response by MPD, General Grders don't 
even allow MPD officers to carry a weapon onto airport property.

M. Loren


On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 10:13:20 -0500, <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm forwarding this, as the original sender's email is set to send in
> HTML.
> [email protected] said:
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> U.S.P.P. has general jurisdiction for Dangerfield Island (I believe it is
> called) on the VA side of the Potomac as it is National Park Service
> property. MPD has responsibility for any homicide that occurs with the
> District, and therefore handles fatalities on the Wilson Bridge and
> Dangerfield Island.  I am dubious about National Airport falling within
> D.C. - it doesn't appear on any MPD map, and whenever a body turns up in
> a car trunk in the long term parking lot, I don't believe MPD has ever
> responded.  Its not part of 7D - the closest MPD district - and also
> covers Wilson Bridge.  Since Dangerfield Island is completely surrounded
> by the Potomac (although you never notice while driving on the GW
> Parkway) it falls within D.C.  National Airport, regardless of its
> landfill-origins, is contiguous with the Virginia shoreline, and
> therefore most likely is in VA.
>
> Maybe Dewey can confirm or not that theory.  I can't post this to the
> list because I am on an HTML client.
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