The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether police officials in Washington, D.C., have falsified crime data.

The federal government takes control of Washington DC police operations as DEA Administrator Terry Cole seeks to enforce immigration compliance and reduce crime.

The inquiry into whether data was manipulated to make crime rates seem lower is being run out of the office of the U.S. attorney for D.C., Jeanine Pirro.

The city’s Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit calling for an emergency restraining order to block the move, accusing the Trump Administration of implementing a “hostile takeover” of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) that would lead to “imminent, irreparable harm”.

Weeks before President Donald Trump federalized the Washington, D.C., police, the Metropolitan Police Department was hit with accusations of allegedly juking crime stats for more favorable results.

President Donald Trump announced an investigation into the Metropolitan Police Department's (MPD) alleged inflation of crime statistics.

Police are currently on the scene in Northeast D.C., where a person in crisis has barricaded herself inside a vehicle.

The move amounts to a sweeping reversal of "sanctuary" policies in the nation's capital, allowing the Metropolitan Police Department, for the time being, to fully cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

A pedestrian in a wheelchair died from injuries after a hit-and-run in Las Vegas, marking the city's 105th traffic death in 2023. Police seek public help to find the SUV driver responsible.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been granted permission to intervene in legal action over the issue