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D.C. Police No. 2 Put on Leave After Phone Seized in Crime-Stats Investigation

The suspension follows active federal and local probes into alleged manipulation of MPD crime data.

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Police look on as people march to the US Capitol in a rally promoted by right-wing activists on the fifth anniversary of the January 6 riots in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2026. Washington on Tuesday marks five years since a mob overran the US Capitol, with rioters pardoned by Donald Trump retracing their steps even as Democrats revive hearings to hold the president accountable. The anniversary highlights a nation divided between irreconcilable accounts of an attack that reshaped American politics -- one supported by official findings of a violent bid to overturn an election, the other portraying it as a protest unjustly criminalized. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)
DC Metropolitan Police Department vehicle, April 22, 2022, Washington, D.C. | Bryan Dozier/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Overview

  • The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed Executive Assistant Chief Andre Wright was placed on administrative leave, and multiple law enforcement sources said he surrendered his gun and badge.
  • Inspector Natasha Wright, who works in the department’s human resources office and is Andre Wright’s wife, was also placed on administrative leave, according to the department.
  • Investigators seized Andre Wright’s work cellphone during an internal review into crime statistics, and sources said alleged inappropriate messages found on the device prompted the suspension.
  • A Justice Department draft report previously named Wright in its examination of MPD’s data practices, with reporting that 21 witnesses provided derogatory information about him and another assistant chief.
  • Separate inquiries by the Justice Department, Congress, and MPD remain underway, following earlier allegations that led to Chief Pamela A. Smith’s December resignation.