Multiple senior Metropolitan Police Department brass got notices of termination yesterday, my colleague Emma Uber reports, in what looks like the first big fallout from the cooked-books scandal. And last night, Emma scooped, the department began a sweeping reorganization that eliminates an entire office led by one of the senior officers accused in the controversy over manipulated crime stats.

In recent months, the Justice Department, the GOP-led House Oversight Committee, and the MPD itself have all been looking into claims that department higher-ups downplayed data, making D.C. appear safer than it was. Last week, oversight chair James Comer wrote interim police chief Jeffery Carroll to demand the results of what he said was a completed internal investigation. Washington City Paper reported that multiple senior officers had been named in that investigation.

This is a scandal with a lot of implications. It’s a home rule story because D.C.’s alleged inability to police itself was a predicate for Donald Trump’s takeover of MPD last summer and the ongoing presence of National Guard federal law enforcement. And it’s a local politics story because questions about the size and efficacy of MPD are front and center in the divide between Kenyan McDuffie and Janeese Lewis George, who he accuses of being too lenient on crime.

But mainly it’s a question of public trust. Anyone who’s ever worked in a big organization knows there are a lot of politically neutral reasons employees might downplay bad data. Still, in D.C., where officials must contend with a hostile Congress, the effect is particularly corrosive. Which may be why at least some of the department veterans Emma spoke to seemed buoyant about the news.

“It goes to show we’re not standing for any shenanigans,” one official told her. “We have to protect the agency. We have to protect the city.”

Golf Course Latest. Federal judge Ana Reyes ordered the Trump administration not to proceed with any demolition at East Potomac Park. But she didn’t halt Sunday’s abrupt takeover of the public golf course. A group of locals had sued over Trump’s plan to turn it into an elite golf course, saying it would price out the general public. The weekend drama led Reyes to schedule a hearing for 7:30 yesterday morning. “I’m no Amy Poehler,” she said, explaining that she didn’t want to manage a parks and rec project — but also warned of “serious consequences” if the administration cut more than 10 trees without permission. (When Trump’s helicopter circled the course Sunday night, duffers raised their middle fingers.)

Curfew Compromise Coming? D.C. Councilmember Brianne Nadeau, one of the five members who blocked an immediate adoption of an extended youth curfew, released a pair of new proposals — one of which would sunset the curfew in 2028, and another of which forbids taking anyone to a detention center. This looks like the path to a compromise when the council meets today on the explosive issue.

Alleged WHCA Shooter Mistreated? A federal judge apologized to accused gunman Cole Allen about “unprompted solitary confinement for days” at D.C. jail. The apology has prompted a social-media backlash against U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui, but in fact mistreatment at D.C.’s long-toubled jail was until recently a right-wing cause thanks to the confinement of January 6 arrestees.

Chris Donatelli, RIP. One of D.C.’s real estate power-players has died at age 58.Chris Donatelli took over his family firm and made big, successful bets on once-risky neighborhoods like Columbia Heights and Petworth. But his extracurricular troubles have lately gotten even more attention: Last month, he was ordered to pay $30 million for a defaulted loan he secured by forging his father’s signature. His firm was also banned from doing business in D.C. The Washington Business Journal reported that he died of “natural causes,” but provided no other detail.

Watching 44 During 47. My colleague Kaela Cote-Stemmermann went to see 44 The Musical, a theatrical tour through the Obama administration. The key moment came before the curtain even went up, when director Eli Bauman spoke to the audience, asking them to pretend they’d never heard of the Strait of Hormuz. It’s that kind of show: About a period only 18 years old — but somehow as distant as Hamilton. More good news for nostalgic Washingtonians: “There's no Trump in it, and our Biden is 45 years old and has a six pack,” Bauman tells Kaela.

Finally: Eating at the Mall. Anyone who’s spent time on the National Mall knows that the concessions leave something to be desired. But the culinary wasteland may now be blooming, Washingtonian’s Jessica Sidman reports. Between now and Memorial Day, a new concessionaire will transform the mall’s eight food kiosks into different cafe concepts where visitors will be able to try dishes ranging from mac n’ cheese bowls (near the Jefferson Memorial) to Korean tacos (near the American History Museum).

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