Press Release
Oversight Committee Releases Bombshell Report Revealing D.C.’s Police Chief Deliberately Manipulated Crime Data
WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released an interim staff report titled “Leadership Breakdown: How D.C.’s Police Chief Undermined Crime Data Accuracy.” The interim report, drawn from transcribed interviews with the commanders of all seven D.C. patrol districts, as well as one former commander currently placed on suspended leave, reveals that Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Pamela A. Smith pressured and at times directed commanders ...