DC police accused of manipulating crime stats as federal probe finds thousands of misclassified cases
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U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announces federal investigation found Metropolitan Police Department misclassified crime reports, making Washington D.C. statistics artificially lower.
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"It is evident that a significant number of reports had been misclassified, making crime appear artificially lower than it was," Pirro said in a statement.
Pirro said MPD's conduct "does not rise to the level of a criminal charge," but added that it is up the department to "take steps to internally address these underlying issues."
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