Crime dips in 'hot spots'; Police may target new blocks

Mayor Adrian Fenty has directed the Metropolitan Police Department to re-examine the city’s so-called crime “hot spots” to determine which D.C. neighborhoods have grown safe enough to move out of the program and which should be the focus of a concentrated police response.

The decision to redefine the city’s 14 communities with the highest crime could spark competition among neighborhood leaders who believe their blocks are more deserving of extra public safety and social service attention.