D.C. police commander accused of altering crime statistics

Washington, D.C. Keeps on Being Accused of Manipulating Crime Data by Misclassifying Crimes and Downgrading Felonies to Misdemeanors so They Won’t Show Up in the Crime Stats

Washington, D.C. has an extremely high crime rate, much higher than any state and a much worse murder rate than any of the twenty most populous cities, but there is considerable evidence that it is even much higher than the official data shows. In 2020, Sergeant Charlotte Djossou, a former D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer, sued the MPD, accusing it of manipulating crime statistics by misclassifying crimes and downgrading felonie…

“Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics”: Trump Takeover Renews Questions Over D.C. Crime Data

Washington, D.C. is a city that has long spun statistics to the point that they become more fable than fact. It reaffirms the famous view that there are “lies, damned lies, and statistics.” The line is the perfect warning to the unwary about politicians citing statistics. The quote itself is widely misrepresented as the work of Mark Twain or British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, so it seems nothing can be trusted when it comes to statistics,…

D.C. police commander accused of altering crime statistics

The FOP alleged that officers in the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department were instructed to downgrade violent crime reports to lesser offenses

DC police commander suspended, accused of changing crime statistics

A D.C. police commander is under investigation for allegedly making changes to crime statistics in his district. The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed...