The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in a report published Sunday alleged that the Metropolitan Police Department manipulated and lowered publicly reported crime statistics in the District of Columbia under the leadership of outgoing police Chief Pamela Smith.
“The Committee’s ongoing investigation has heard testimonies from commanders that there are clear pressures placed on MPD personnel to lower the classifications of crime to present to the public the perception of low crime in the District,” the panel said in its report, titled “How D.C.’s Police Chief Undermined Crime Data Accuracy.”
“Specifically, there was an emphasis on the daily crime report (DCR), a public-facing dataset that only includes nine categories of felony offenses, above all other crimes discussed within the highest levels of the MPD,” it added.
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