WASHINGTON — A crime-fighting app that’s stirred controversy in Georgetown is being taken offline. The app called GroupMe has been…

WASHINGTON — A crime-fighting app that’s stirred controversy in Georgetown is being taken offline.

The app called GroupMe has been used to help retailers battle shoplifting, but critics say it’s encouraged racial profiling.

Georgetown Business Improvement District CEO Joe Sternlieb sent out a letter Sunday night saying the district is taking the app down in the midst of “legitimate concerns” about its “potential to wrongfully identify shoppers as shoplifters.”

The group says its staff is now going to do a “top to bottom” review of its public safety program and efforts to work with police to fight crime.

Here’s the text of the letter Sternlieb sent: