Yesterday, Chief Lanier announced the temporary reassignment of Cmdr. Hilton Burton, the leader of the Fourth District. Cmdr. Burton was recently accused of sending inappropriate messages via his MPD issued cell phone and using his DC government email account to someone he was having an affair with. These allegations were reported on again last night on channel 7, and while Cmdr. Burton has denied these accusations, it seems pretty clear that he is on his way out. But let's face it - the Fourth police district has had some really bad press lately. First, it was Lt. Brown's gun going missing and then turning up at at crime scene. Burton stuck up for her initially, but she was still reassigned after allegations came out that she was trying to get officers to falsify reports about what had actually happened to her gun. Then, just a few weeks ago, a 4D police sergeant's home was raided in a drug bust. Three people in Sgt. Angela Sander's home were placed under arrest. Yes, 4D is ripe with trouble these days. Every time we turn around, it just keeps getting better.