US EditionTwo senior DC police officials placed on administrative leave
Executive Assistant Chief Andre Wright and Inspector Natasha Wright were placed on paid leave amid investigations into alleged crime data misclassification and inappropriate phone messages.
- On Thursday, the Metropolitan Police Department placed Executive Assistant Chief Andre Wright and Inspector Natasha Wright on paid administrative leave, revoked their police powers, and asked Andre Wright to turn in his gun and badge.
- The U.S. Department of Justice and Congress opened probes into MPD crime-data practices after a News4 report last year, with a December DOJ draft memo naming Andre Wright and citing a witness who said he was 'known to lower crime'.
- As part of the probe, investigators seized Andre Wright's cellphone, and NBC4 reported they found inappropriate messages; a report says 21 witnesses shared derogatory information about Wright and past allegations include sex with subordinates and an ex-wife's complaint.
- MPD said it cannot comment on active internal investigations and personnel matters and has not clarified whether the leaves relate to DOJ or congressional reviews.
- Former Police Chief Pamela Smith, who retired last year, denied supporting data manipulation; the D.C. Office of the Inspector General recently opened an investigation into MPD's crime reporting practices.
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Top D.C. Police Official Placed on Leave Amid Investigation
One of the highest-ranking officials in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department has been placed on administrative leave as part of an internal investigation involving alleged inappropriate text messages and questions surrounding the department’s crime data reporting. Executive Assistant Chief Andre Wright, the second-highest-ranking officer in the department, was placed on leave along with his wife, Natasha Wright, who serves as an …
DC Assistant Police Chief Named in Probe of Faked Crime Stats Placed On Leave for 'Inappropriate Texts'
The second highest-ranking official in the Washington, D.C. police department — also named in a probe into the department's purported underreporting of crime statistics — has been placed on administrative leave, reportedly over “inappropriate” text messages on his work phone. The post DC Assistant Police Chief Named in Probe of Faked Crime Stats Placed On Leave for ‘Inappropriate Texts’ appeared first on Breitbart.
MPD Asst. Chief Andre Wright Put On Administrative Leave
Executive Asst. Chief Andre Wright, the second-in-command at the Metropolitan Police Department, was told to turn in his gun and badge Thursday afternoon. Wright and his wife, Inspector Natasha Wright, have had their police powers revoked and were put on paid administrative leave, according to a department spokesperson. The spokesperson declined to answer questions about why the Wrights have been suspended. “MPD cannot comment on active internal…
Two high-ranking members of DC police have been placed on administrative leave and the department does not offer any explanation about the measure. Deputy Executive Director Andre Wright and Inspector Natasha Wright, his wife, are off duty, said a spokesman for DC police, refusing to say why. “The MPD cannot comment on active internal investigations or personnel matters,” said an e-mail statement to WTOP. Wright was mentioned in a Department of …
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