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MPD removes top officials in department restructuring amid concerns about crime data manipulation

Several high-ranking figures at the Metropolitan Police Department are being terminated in a sweeping restructuring effort, amid an investigation into concerns that leaders manipulated crime data to burnish the department’s image. The police department in Washington is under inve

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MPD removes top officials in department restructuring amid concerns about crime data manipulationSeveral high-ranking figures at the Metropolitan Police Department are being terminated in a sweeping restructuring effort, amid an investigation into concerns that leaders manipulated crime data to burnish the department’s image. The police department in Washington is under inve
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