Police Respond to Reported Indecent Exposure at Tot Lot

The Metropolitan Police Department and the Department of Parks and Recreation had extra patrols and park rangers at Rose Park on Thursday following a report of a man exposing himself near the Tot Lot off of Dumbarton Street, NW.

The man reportedly exposed himself around 2:30 p.m. at the off of Dumbarton Street, NW in Rose Park. The police were called and responded just after 2:45 p.m., but were unable to locate the suspect, according an email from Cpt. Melvin Gresham.

Police returned and patrolled the tot lot area Thursday afternoon and the Department of Parks and Recreation promised to increase the presence of park rangers, according to an email from David Abrams of the Friends of Rose Park.

Abrams wrote:

"I wanted to take a moment to publicly thank Lt. Hedgecock, Officer Atkins and Director Aguirre for responding so quickly to the incident at the tot lot yesterday. There were MPD Officers parked by the tot lot this afternoon and this evening - thank you Officer Fitzgerald!  And thanks to Director Aguirre for increasing the number of Park Rangers who will be flowing thru [sic] the park."

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