Serious crimes are being deliberately and dishonestly downgraded to keep them from public view and understate the severity of the crime problem in the Nation’s Capital – due to the orders and coercion tactics of Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Police Chief Pamela A. Smith – a House Oversight Committee report released Sunday reveals.
“During Smith’s time as Chief of Police, the Committee was made aware of allegations that senior MPD officials are deliberately falsifying publicly reported crime data to artificially lower public-facing crime rates in the District,” according to “Leadership Breakdown: How D.C.’s Police Chief Undermined Crime Data Accuracy,” an interim report presenting the results of transcribed interviews with eight MPD commanders under Smith’s authority.
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