Federal prosecutors tossed one in five criminal cases brought by D.C. police in November, triggering a department review of search and seizure issues, evidence gathering and paperwork in hundreds of arrests.
The instant dismissal of hundreds of the nearly 2,000 cases brought by police that month led Assistant Chief Diane Groomes to order a review into whether poor police work led to cases being dropped by prosecutors.
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