A D.C. inspector general investigation found the failure to properly record 383 criminal offense reports was the fault of a crime analyst and not that of a district commander accused of under-reporting crime statistics.

The investigation was launched amid allegations that the district commander was underreporting criminal offenses, and after 480 offense reports were discovered in a desk and on a table in the Southeast Washington district office. The offenses occurred between 1997 and 2004 within a police district that was commended for lowering its crime rate.