A draft report of the investigation concluded that D.C. police crime statistics were “likely unreliable and inaccurate," and the city's current police chief created a “coercive culture of fear.” ...

A Justice Department draft report alleges DC Police manipulated crime data, citing a culture of fear under Chief Pamela Smith ...

A Justice Department investigation into D.C. police found that Police Chief Pamela A. Smith created a “coercive culture of fear” that may have incentivized the manipulation of crime statistics, ...

The Justice Department has notified D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department that it completed its investigation into whether ...

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Pamela Smith, the first Black woman police chief to lead D.C.’s Metropolitan PD, has resigned after just two and a half years ...

D.C. Council members want a new police chief who can rebuild community trust, honor the Sanctuary Values law and strengthen ...

WASHINGTON ( DC News Now) — Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), Pamela A. Smith, announced on Monday that she ...

Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said her decision to step down at year’s end was not influenced by D.C. Mayor Muriel ...

Smith was appointed in 2023 and is the first Black woman to serve as chief of D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department.

Pamela Smith, who was catapulted into national attention after President Trump moved to federalize Washington’s police force ...

Arkansas native Pamela Smith served as police chief beginning in July 2023 with a goal to drive crime down. WASHINGTON — ...