Staff Reports
Washington D.C. is drowning in crime, but the politicians running the show want you to believe everything is fine and dandy. New revelations straight from the city’s police union reveal a deeply troubling scheme: crime statistics in the nation’s capital are being deliberately cooked to hide the truth. Under direct orders from higher-ups, officers are being told to fudge reports, minimizing violent acts and masking the real dangers lurking in the streets. This isn’t some isolated incident—it’s a systemic effort by corrupt officials desperate to make their failed policies look better.
Forget the phony Democrat claims about violent crime dropping by a third. The reality is that crucial offenses like aggravated assault and felony assault are being erased from the books. Instead of accurate reports, incidents get downgraded to lesser crimes or even “incident reports” that don’t register as crimes at all. Shooting and stabbing victims “uncooperative”? Officers are instructed to record something less serious. Robberies get mislabeled as petty thefts. Burglary becomes mere “unlawful entry.” It’s a disgrace, not just to the men and women putting their lives on the line every day, but to the honest citizens caught in this mess.
🚨🚨 Chairman of the DC Police Union reveals how extensive the fraud was in hiding the DC crime stats: Higher-ups were going to crime scenes and saying "don't write that one down" or "don't add that to the list," or "put that down as a more minor offense." pic.twitter.com/VkW1msJETY
— JOSH DUNLAP (@JDunlap1974) August 19, 2025
What’s behind this deception? Pure political cowardice. Since radical left-wing lawmakers took over the D.C. city council in 2020, they’ve passed devastating “justice reform” laws designed to gut law enforcement and hamstring police officers. These so-called reforms have made it nearly impossible to hold criminals accountable. The result? A police force stripped down by over 800 vacancies, shorthanded, and forced to rely on millions of hours of dangerous mandatory overtime just to keep a minimal presence on the streets. Instead of demanding real solutions, city officials and police brass have chosen to cover up the crisis with manipulated data.
And let’s not forget the real-world blood spilled because of this failure. High-profile shootings near the White House claimed innocent lives, including a Republican congressman’s staffer and embassy employees, incidents that underscore the deadly consequences of lax policing and corruption. But instead of cracking down on crime, D.C.’s police leaders are more interested in feeding manipulated statistics that prop up their political masters. They care more about optics than public safety, letting the city descend further into chaos while spinning a false narrative that violence is “down.”
This isn’t just incompetence; it’s a betrayal of the highest order. Washington, D.C., is a war zone, and the city’s leadership has joined forces with the criminals by deliberately hiding the truth to protect their power. The American people deserve honesty and leadership that puts law and order first. When police officers are told to lie about the crimes happening around them, everyone loses. How long will the public accept fake numbers and false promises while cities like D.C. burn? The time for excuses is over—real accountability and restoration of law enforcement power are urgently needed before the capital becomes completely unlivable.
