Washington DC police accused of cooking the books to make the city look safer

Washington Examiner:
Whistleblowers are accusing the police department in D.C. of improperly reporting crime.

According to two Metropolitan Police Department officers, police Sgt. Charlotte Djossou and officer Tabitha Knight, the department is purposefully manipulating crime reports to make the nation's capital appear safer. Local media obtained new documentation relating to the officers' claims, citing two instances in which violent confrontations were allegedly downgraded from felonies to misdemeanors.

One case involved a man slashing a woman's neck and face outside a liquor store after she asked him to buy water for her. According to the report, the woman was slashed with "an unknown object," forcing her to be hospitalized. Instead of being categorized as assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony punishable with up to 10 years in prison, the incident was labeled as a simple assault, a misdemeanor punishable with up to six months in jail.

Another case involved an incident between two men near Columbia Heights apartments in D.C., in which a suspect allegedly grabbed his boyfriend by the neck and held a knife to his throat as he yelled profanities.

"Bitch, you lied to me," the report shows the suspect saying.

Instead of being classified as aggravated assault, the crime was also downgraded to simple assault.
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Email communications also reportedly revealed police superiors ordered officers to designate the incidents with less severe titles. The two officers gave public testimony on the matter to D.C. Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety in mid-January.
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This is a form of corruption meant to mislead the public and other public officials.  Those responsible for this should be disciplined and if necessary removed.

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