A draft report says D.C.’s inspector general found breakdowns in crime reporting, lack of recordkeeping controls and policies that haven’t been updated in years in the Metropolitan Police Department.
The reports stems from a story News4 broke last year about allegations of crime statistics manipulation, which led to a federal investigation.
News4’s Mark Segraves obtained the IG report Friday.
“We found that MPD’s crime reporting controls broke down significantly during the period we examined,” says the executive summary of the report. “An independent unit that reviewed crime reports for accuracy was shut down in 2013 and never replaced. The records system lacked basic controls over who could access and change data. Policies went years without updates. And the division responsible for identifying internal risks had never examined crime reporting accuracy.”
The summary included five recommendations for the chief of police:
- Establish a permanent, independent crime report review function;
- Implement a formal access control framework for the records management system;
- Update policies governing crime classification, records management, and federal reporting;
- Ensure crime reporting accuracy is assessed as part of the MPD’s recurring audit cycle;
- And ensure policy currency is evaluated as part of the MPD’s annual risk assessment.
News4 also obtained a letter from D.C. Police Chief Jeffery Carroll in which he agreed with the recommendations.
“In March 2026, MPD initiated the steps to establish an internal system independent of operational functions for continuously auditing and evaluating police reports,” Carroll said in the letter. “The objective is to obtain strict accountability across the department.
“To achieve this goal, data management functions within MPD are being consolidated through the creation of the Office of Data Integrity and Analytics under the Executive Office of the Chief of Police.”
The mayor gave the inspector general this assignment in December. It comes on the heels of an investigation by internal affairs into the allegations of crime data manipulation that began after Carroll took office.
In May, the interim chief announced he was seeking to terminate 13 high-level officials over crime data manipulation.
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