Comer alleges outgoing DC police chief manipulated crime statistics

Oversight Committee Alleges Outgoing DC Police Chief Manipulated Crime Statistics

WASHINGTON—A Congressional committee has accused the chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of pressuring her staff to downgrade the classification of crime in Washington. The Dec. 14 interim report from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform alleges that Pamela Smith, who is set to leave her post at the end of the month, manipulated public-facing crime statistics, “placing a higher priority on suppressing public repor…

Bowser slams ‘politically motivated’ House committee report on DC crime data

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser lambasted the House Oversight Committee’s report accusing the city’s police chief of leading a pressure campaign to alter crime data.

JUST IN: Bombshell House Oversight Report Accuses DC Police Chief of Rigging Crime Data - "Smith Coerced Staff to Report Artificially Low Crime Data and Cultivated a Culture of Fear to Achieve her Agenda"

DC Police Chief Pamela Smith The House Oversight Committee released a report on Sunday, detailing the committee’s investigation into DC Police Chief Pamela Smith’s manipulation of crime data.   House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer called for Pamela Smith to resign immediately in a statement, saying, “Every single person who lives, works, or visits the District of Columbia deserves a safe city, yet it’s now clear the American people wer…

House Oversight Accuses D.C. Police Chief of Manipulating Crime Data

"Chief Smith, the commanders testified, was so preoccupied with the statistics of the select crimes that were made public that she incentivized her subordinates to lower those crimes by whatever means necessary." The post House Oversight Accuses D.C. Police Chief of Manipulating Crime Data first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

House Report Unmasks D.C. Police Data Corruption

The House Oversight Committee released a new report detailing concerns about crime data manipulation in Washington, D.C. The report, titled “Leadership Breakdown: How D.C.’s Police Chief Undermined Crime Data Accuracy,” contains information from transcribed interviews with those of D.C. patrol districts, revealing that Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Pamela A. Smith pressured the commanders to alter crime data to maintain the appearan…

Congressional panel accuses DC police chief of pressuring commanders to manipulate crime data

A congressional committee's report says the police chief in Washington, D.C., pressured subordinates to manipulate department data to artificially lower the city’s crime rates.