New details surrounding the resignation of District of Columbia Police Chief Pamela Smith emerged following the release of an interim report by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which alleges that Smith pressured senior officers to manipulate crime data to make conditions in the nation’s capital appear less severe than they were.
Smith’s sudden resignation had prompted questions about internal operations at the Metropolitan Police Department.
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