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Metropolitan Police Data Crisis | Washington DC News
A damning new report reveals a systemic failure in Washington D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department to accurately track crime data over a decade — no fraud found, but critical errors in classification and reporting went unchecked, fueled by the dismantling of an oversight unit in 2013. The flawed data misled federal officials into launching a costly crackdown, while local leaders claimed crime was actually falling. In response, the department has launched a new Data Quality and Compliance Branch and ramped up training — but past investigations already flagged manipulated stats, leading to 13…
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