*** ARTICLE *** Crime victims groups raise concerns amid DC police crime data manipulation allegations

From DC News NOw, BY Liberty SImmons

May 8 2026

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Organizations that support crime victims are raising concerns after allegations that Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers manipulated crime statistics.

A 544-page MPD Internal Affairs report obtained by The Washington Post examined 700 reports that were reportedly improperly altered.

Lindsey Silverberg, executive director of Volare, a nonprofit that helps victims of crime access services and resources, said her organization has firsthand experience with crime classifications they believed were inaccurate. They say the alleged misclassifications made it harder for victims to access resources and may have allowed suspects to avoid accountability.

Read more here to learn more about this case and hear from our Executive Director, Lindsey Silverberg on the situation.