Federal prosecutors seek Washington, DC police investigation on alleged crime statistics | Washington, DC

Federal prosecutors have conducted criminal investigations into the charges, Washington, DC Police are systematically manipulated crime Statistics that make cities appear safer than they actually are.

Detection, anonymous source told Washington Post,,,,, NBC News and Fox Newsconducted in the District of Columbia by Jeanine Pirro’s U.S. Attorney’s Office Trump administration and federal control of local governments by DC officials Police.

The Justice Department did not respond to a request for comment on the investigation.

Trump somewhat confirmed the investigation on Monday, writing on social media that DC provided “fake crime numbers” to create “unreality of security” and officials were “seriously investigated.”

The federal investigation began after CMDR Michael Pulliam was suspended by the Metropolitan Police Department in May, and it was reported that it was allegedly changing crime data. Local NBC station Report last month The former commander of Washington, D.C. District 3, patrols Adams Morgan and that of the Columbia Heights community faces charges from the police coalition that include false data, including crimes and carjacking, because of fewer crimes. Pulliam denies the charges.

But federal prosecutors are now studying potential misconduct by several police officers and city officials, according to law enforcement officers.

DC’s Mayor Muriel Bowser repeatedly quotes Police data In the last year, violent crime rates fell by 27% to oppose Trump’s federal takeover of local police. The department reported that violent crime fell by 35% in 2024.

Gregg Pemberton, the head of the District of Columbia Police Coalition, supported federal control, calling the two sets of statistics “ridiculous” and said police knew the reality on the streets.

Pemberton told NBC News Washington last week. “In every quadrant of the city, crime is everywhere.”

Pemberton claims this Washington, DC The police have directives to direct violent crimes.

“What we hear through members and managers willing to talk to the union is that it’s the direction of the commander… They want to make sure these classifications of these reports are adjusted over time to ensure that the overall crime statistics continue to decline,” he told NBC. “It was done intentionally.”