Posted on 12/20/2025 4:25:20 AM PST by MtnClimber
The goal was allegedley ‘to lower public-facing crime rates’, regardless of if there was actually less crime.
Leadership at the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under former chief Pamela A. Smith (who announced on Dec. 8 she would step down at year’s end) reportedly “deliberately” suppressed or distorted crime statistics in the nation’s capital “to lower public-facing crime rates,” according to a 22-page interim report from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The Committee opened the inquiry on Aug. 25, 2025, after reports suggested that crime statistics were being manipulated downward.
Oversight majority staff conducted eight transcribed interviews with seven “experienced” acting MPD district commanders and one suspended commander. There are seven geographic policing districts in the District of Columbia, and the district commanders report directly to “the highest levels of the MPD.” The Committee anonymized interviewees to protect them from retaliation.
District commanders consistently testified that Chief Smith created a “toxic management culture,” resulting in officers suffering “frustration and exhaustion” and a fear of retaliation by Smith. Commanders feared public humiliation for reporting “bad news” to Smith, particularly about “any rise in public crime statistics.” As a result, public-facing crime statistics were not reliably reported, according to the report.
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When our local jail had an inmate needing medical care a bond was set to release the inmate requiring return after the medical care. The inmate was billed for the care. I don’t recall any failing to return because it was very clear a felony charge would follow. They always came back grateful for getting treated.
I should have added, if the situation was not feasible for release, an officer was stationed with the inmate who was usually hand cuffed. The hospital didn’t mind the cuffs as they had had a gut full of violence in the ER.
The whole East Coast is populated with the dumbest people in the Country starting with the Bidens.
Fair is foul and foul is fair.
And I would bet the cooking isn’t just the avoidance of reporting crimes, it’s “whitewashing” the crimes that DO get reported.
Yes a ploy for a pay increase?.
Believe me, this isn’t something unique to D.C. It’s happening in every RAT-controlled city and state. It’s not to police who arrest the criminals that are doing it. The order is coming from above by elected officials like the Governor, the Attorney General, the Mayor, the D.A.’s, and the politically appointed Police Chiefs, whois they want to keep their jobs, comply with these orders, and pass it on down the line.
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