maybe by late this summer, according to phil mendelson, the city councilman, who has oversight of public safety in the district. >> we have had several, shall we say, extensions without requesting extensions. it's frustrating because breathalyzers is the most efficient and the least costly way of enforcing drunk driving. every city does it. we ought to be doing it. it ought to be up and running. >> reporter: mendelson said he was told the office of the chief medical examiner is working with the office of the attorney to come up with new protocols. why it's taking so long, he said has something to do with the law. >> what i have been told about why it's a crime is that there is a lot of technical work that has to be worked out with the manufacturer of the breath testing machines, there has to be an analysis of the district's law to ensure the law is compatible with the technology. >> reporter: records released and mendelson show the arrest for dwi and driving under the influence has steadily fallen since 2009. the attorney general's office is not taking dwi cases to court. in a document s

reporter: mendelson heard from a number of witnesses including the d.c.department that laid out how every officer has been advised of the revisions to the law by chief cathy lanier herself. >> chief lanier recorded the introduction to the online training to direct members to address disorderly incidents in the community with a measured thoughtful response. >> based on what the statistics that i see here, these are definitely encouraging trends of. reporter: matt ackland, fox 5 news. >>> caught on camera an update to a wild crash. a deer smashed through the front window of a d.c. library yesterday. the library was closed today but will reopen tomorrow at 1 p.m. that deer unfortunately had to be euthanized. fortunately no humans were hurt. >>> millions of birth control pills recalled and mcdonald's pulls the plug on pink slime? laura is back with your fox 5 top five. >> up first tonight mcdonald's changing its burger ingredients. known 5, no more pink slime. -- no. 5, no more pink slime, beef trimmings treated with ammonia hydroxide and believe it or not it

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on wednesday, chairman of the judiciary committee, phil mendelson, held a hearing one year after the law was revised. >> it appears to have achieved what we wanted, which is less abuse. >> reporter: middleton heard from a number of witnesses, including the d.c. police department that laid out how every officer has been advised of the vigs to the law by chief cathy lanier herself. >> chief kathy lanier recorded the introduction to the online training to direct members to direct the -- with a measured and thoughtful response. >> based on what the statistics i see here, these are definitely encouraging trends. >> reporter: by the way, pepin tumma sued the city after a long on deal and ended up wing the case. today, he encouraged the police department to offer a refresher training on that law, laura. >> matt ackland, thank you. >>> all bets might be off for online gambling in the district before it gets started. a d.c. council committee voted to send a bill repealing the program to a full council for a vote. they will consider it next week. the council put the district on the path toward

. >> in a document sent to phil mendelson, in october of 2010, the criminal section changed the way it charges impaired driverring offenses and no longer charges dwi as a separate offense. the police officers union president blames lawmakers like mendleson for not doing enough. >> he's not asking questions. he's not holding anybody accountable and we don't have a way to enforce our drunk driving laws, which means the city is less safe. people who come to visit the city or live in the city are less safe. >> not so says police chief, kathy lanier. >> it is going to be the best in the country. it will be run out of the chief medical examiner's office in terms of the science and analysis. but that takes time. and we don't want to rush that. >> chief lanier will be testifying at city council tomorrow. the council member says this issue of breathalyzer test will certainly come up, shawn. >> so bob, the city is not prosecuting dwi cases, but police are making dui arrests? >> that's right. the urine test to support the dui cases will show whether somebody has been drinking, just not how much.

councilman phil mendelson who acknowledges d.c. has a problem will legal guns says he is working to lessen the burden on law abiding citizens. >> we've made it easier to register and the legislation now pending will make it easier to register a firearm. >> reporter: gun rights activists say it's not just d.c. and point to chicago man otis mcdonald who won a supreme rights gun case in 2010 yet after that victory found it to be expensive and very difficult to actually get a gun. >> it's no secret. what's going on is the political leads. they're trying to nullify, reverse and gut the supreme court decision through a blizzard of legislative roadblocks that make the 2nd amendment inaccessible, unaffordable and impossible to experience for the average citizen. >> reporter: washington police say 2,157 guns have been legally registered since the supreme court ordered d.c. to make that possible back in 2008. last year alone police here recovered more than 1,900 illegal guns. in washington shannon bream, fox news. >>> it is make or break tim