DC police score high marks from NYU criminologists

Police in Washington, D.C., received high scores in a report card recently issued by criminologists at New York University.

The Metropolitan Police Department earned an overall score of 81.66% in an assessment of whether the department conducts sound, accountable, just and effective policing.

The assessment by the Policing Project at New York University School of Law includes more than 100 different metrics to determine whether a police department is transparent, grounded in democratic...