MPD axes top officials amid investigation into crime data manipulation

Several high-ranking figures at the Metropolitan Police Department are being terminated in a sweeping restructuring effort amid an investigation into concerns that leaders manipulated crime data to burnish the department’s image.

The police department in Washington is under investigation by the House oversight committee over allegations that it manipulated statistics to make crime appear lower than it actually was. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said in December 2025 that MPD twisted its data, though she said the conduct “does not rise to the level of a criminal charge.”