Rank-And-File DC Officers Accuse Superiors of Downgrading Crimes to Mask Real Levels: Report

David Spector : Oct 6, 2025
Fox News

[FoxNews.com] Washington, DC police officers are alleging to the Justice Department that superiors misclassified crimes to make reported statistics look less serious than the reality, according to a Washington Post report. ... According to officers, MPD leadership has for months—and in some cases years— instructed subordinates to downgrade serious offenses. Some precinct-level reports are said to have contained as many as 150 potentially misclassified incidents in the Southeast DC Seventh District alone. In about half of those cases, supervisors later upgraded the charges... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Image: iStock-Greggory DiSalvo)