A spokesperson for the department said that an assistant chief and Second District commander were placed on administrative leave, though he didn't disclose the reasons
A House Oversight report last year found the then-outgoing police chief manipulated crime statistics by pressuring commanders to create the appearance that the situation in the nation's capital is better than the numbers in fact show.
Advisory at a Glance Title Iranian-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit Programmable Logic Controllers Across US Critical Infrastructure Original Publication April 7, 2026 Executive Summary Iran-affiliated advanced persistent threat (APT) actors are conducting exploitation activity targeting internet-facing operational technology (OT) devices, including programmable logic controllers (PLCs) manufactured by Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley. This activity has led to PLC disruptions across several U.S. critical infrastructure sectors through malicious interactions with the project file and manipulation of data on human machine interface (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) displays, resulting in operational disruption and…
Congress, the Justice Department and the city's Metropolitan Police Department are all looking into whether MPD under-reported crime data.