Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela A. Smith said “F you” to her critics during her farewell address, as the District’s top cop exits at the end of the month amid allegations she fudged crime statistics.
Chief Smith launched into a fiery defense of her reputation following a congressional report that accused her of coercing command staff to alter statistics so the city would appear less crime-plagued.
“Let’s be really clear about one thing: Never would I, never will I ever compromise my integrity for a few crime numbers,” Chief Smith said Friday in a speech delivered in front of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Metropolitan Police Department’s command staff…