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Bagpipes squawk and a booming drum announces the end of Commander Robert Glover’s 27-year career with the Metropolitan Police Department. It’s May 4, and scores of officers are lined up along Indiana Avenue NW as Glover walks out of MPD headquarters and stops at the top step. Below, the department has literally rolled out a red carpet for him.  Fellow officers lower their right hands from their brows, and a radio dispatcher’s voice fills the street. “On behalf of the men and women of MPD … it’s been an honor and a privilege to serve alongside you for over 27 years,” the dispatcher says. The bagpipes start up again, and Glover walks down the red carpet, surrounded by clapping cops, some of whom attended the event while being paid overtime, according to text messages shared with City Paper. At the end of the line stands Chief Robert Contee, who embraces Glover before the retiring commander climbs into the back of an SUV and is escorted away by a small team of motorcycles, lights flashing. The ceremony, known among MPD members as a “final walkout,” is a commencement of sorts that Contee holds for those who’ve served long and distinguished careers
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