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August 11, 2025 - The increase in violent crime in the heart of our Republic has consequences beyond the individual tragedies that have dominated media coverage. Such lawlessness also poses intolerable risks to the vital Federal functions that take place in the District of Columbia.

3 weeks ago - As an example of how MPD cooked its numbers, a commander said he was instructed to change an “assault with a dangerous weapon” shooting where nobody was hit into “an endangerment with a firearm.” This category of crime does not appear in public reports, which means MPD can conceal various offenses from the public. Another commander said many burglaries were recategorized as unlawful entry plus theft because this is also left out of the public report. He said a typical case “would read like a burglary…But the proper charge would be burglary; unlawful entry doesn't meet the DCR status for burglary.

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