Jeffrey Smith, a 12-year veteran patrolman, was one of hundreds of Metropolitan Police Department officers deployed on Jan. 6 to defend the Capitol from a violent mob. He was hit in the head with ...

Fighting off the mob A 12-year veteran of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, officer Jeff Smith had no idea what awaited him when he and his riot unit raced to the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Washington, D.C., police officer Jeff Smith took his own life after the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. His widow says the violence broke his spirit.

The jury on Monday awarded $380,000 in punitive damages and $60,000 in compensatory damages to Erin Smith, the widow of D.C. police officer Jeffrey Smith, in her civil lawsuit against David Walls ...

Washington — Jeffrey Smith, one of the D.C. police officers beaten and injured during the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, was left traumatized and changed by the events of that day, his ...