DC Quietly Settles Lawsuit With Officer Who Exposed Crime Stats Manipulation
Snippet of Article: "...Washington, D.C., settled out of court with a former Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) sergeant who alleged the department’s leadership deliberately under-counted crimes, and documents involved in the case appear to validate the former officer’s claims, The Washington Free Beacon reported Thursday.
Former Sergeant Charlotte Djossou sued the city in 2020 alleging the MPD deliberately downgraded felonies, such as theft and assault with a deadly weapon, to misdemeanors in order to exclude them from the city’s official crime statistics, while allegedly retaliating against her for speaking out...
Records show that leaders in the MPD specifically instructed officers to reclassify crimes so as to exclude them from public statistics, according to the Free Beacon...."