DC inspector general opens investigation into police crime reporting

The inspector general in Washington, D.C., has opened an investigation into the Metropolitan Police Department’s crime reporting system following allegations that the police force manipulated its data to lower the city’s crime rates artificially.

In a letter sent Monday to interim MPD Chief Jeffery Carroll, Inspector General Daniel Lucas said he aims to “assess the design, implementation, and operation of MPD’s internal control system for collecting, classifying and reporting crime data and statistics.”