ALX Dispatch.

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The monthly write-ups — the narrative behind the map. Each month walks through that month's incidents with the original dispatch audio. Newest first.

May 2026

What dispatch heard in May →

The first month under the new structure: citywide VRU strikes plus the start of systematic vehicle-crash tracking on Braddock Road and Mount Vernon Avenue — including the three Radford Street crashes that anchor the Braddock West (Phase 2) case.

April 2026 · the original retrospective

Nineteen people were hit by drivers in Alexandria in April →

The piece that started the project, preserved at its original address exactly as published — including its own full methodology and recommendations. The canonical, evergreen versions of those now live at Methodology and Recommendations.

New months append here. The map on the home page shows every month at once; use the month filter there to isolate one.