The House Oversight Committee told D.C. Metropolitan Police it will investigate to determine if it manipulated crime data to make crime rates appear lower, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post.
D.C. officials have put out data noting the area’s lower crime rate to protest President Donald Trump federalizing the police force and deploying the National Guard. Violent crime has been at historically low levels since 2023, according to data released by Metropolitan Police.
A whistleblower says otherwise, prompting the committee to investigate “disturbing allegations that D.C. crime data is inaccurate and intentionally manipulated, potentially at the direction of Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) leadership,” according to a letter Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., wrote to D.C. Police Chief Pamela A. Smith, the Post reported.
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