{"id":2473278,"date":"2025-08-11T11:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-takes-control-of-dc-police-and-deploys-national-guard\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:34:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:34:55","slug":"trump-takes-control-of-dc-police-and-deploys-national-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-takes-control-of-dc-police-and-deploys-national-guard\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump takes control of DC police and deploys National Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-takes-control-of-dc-police-and-deploys-national-guard%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2473278&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump announced plans to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in Washington, D.C., and deploy around 800 National Guard troops to address violent crime in the district. Invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, trump placed the local police force under federal control, aiming to &#8220;take back&#8221; the capital and reestablish law and order. The National Guard will assist with logistics, transportation, and guarding federal facilities but will not have arrest powers. attorney General Pam Bondi and DEA administrator Terry Cole will lead the federalized MPD.<\/p>\n<p>Despite city officials reporting a decline in violent crimes, allegations surfaced that the MPD manipulated crime statistics. trump also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-says-federal-employees-now-have-to-confirm-vaccination-status-or-risk-various-hurdles\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Says Federal Employees Now Have To Confirm Vaccination Status Or Risk Various Hurdles\">announced additional measures<\/a>, including declaring a public safety emergency, clearing homeless encampments from federal properties, and pushing congress to ban &#8220;no cash bail,&#8221; which he blamed for post-pandemic crime increases.<\/p>\n<p>This federal intervention follows a recent assault incident in D.C. and builds on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hegseth-aims-to-reenlist-troops-booted-over-covid-shot-mandate\/\" title=\"Hegseth Aims To Reenlist ... Booted Over Covid Shot Mandate\">previous executive orders aimed<\/a> at improving law enforcement collaboration and resources in the city. While the District of Columbia is self-governed under the Home Rule Act, Congress retains authority over its laws and budget. Trump&#8217;s move echoes past federal interventions, such as the 1995 financial control board established under President bill Clinton. this action also comes amid Congressional inaction on a notable budget shortfall in D.C.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump federalizes DC police and activates National Guard to combat crime: &lsquo;Take our capital back&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2201414\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> announced Monday his plan to activate hundreds of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">National Guard<\/a> troops and federalize the Metropolitan Police Department to address violent crime in the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">District of Columbia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is Liberation Day in D.C., and we&rsquo;re going to take our capital back,&rdquo; the president told reporters in the White House press briefing room Monday morning. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re taking it back under the authorities vested in me as the President of the United States. I&rsquo;m officially invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, you know what that is, and placing the DC Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3496013\/watch-live-trump-dc-crime-homelessness-plan\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump announces crime and homelessness plan for DC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3495956\/trump-weighing-national-guard-deployment-dc-report\/\">Trump weighing National Guard deployment to DC: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3495803\/vance-california-way-more-house-seats-illegal-immigrants\/\">Vance says California has &#8216;way more&#8217; House seats than it should because of illegal immigrants<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;In addition, I&rsquo;m deploying the National Guard to help reestablish law and order of public safety in Washington, D.C., and they&rsquo;re going to be allowed to do their job properly,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>White House officials say Trump will mobilize roughly 800 troops to assist the MPD with logistics, transportation, and guarding federal and law enforcement facilities. The troops will not have authority to make arrests, but they may detain suspects until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-takes-control-of-washington-dc-police-deploys-national-guard\/\" title=\"... takes control of Washington DC police, deploys ...\">local law enforcement officials arrive<\/a> on scene to make formal arrests.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi, according to the president, will lead the federalized MPD, alongside U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration administrator Terry Cole, who will serve as the federal interim MPD commissioner. <\/p>\n<p>Though city officials have touted a precipitous decline in violent crimes since the end of the coronavirus pandemic, including a 34% drop in 2024 and a 28% decrease across the first six months of this year, a D.C. police commander was suspended last month after accusing MPD Chief Pamela Smith and other top department brass of falsely manipulating crime statistics.<\/p>\n<p>The president also previewed a number of additional steps to address crime, including declaring a public safety emergency for the district, breaking up homeless encampments on federal properties, and mobilizing even more National Guard assets if needed. Furthermore, he called on Congress to pass legislation outlawing &ldquo;no cash bail,&rdquo; which he claimed has contributed to post-COVID crime spikes in D.C. and other major American cities.<\/p>\n<p>Trump stood firm on his threat to take over the district last week after Edward Coristine, a former Department of Government Efficiency engineer who goes by the nickname &ldquo;Big Balls,&rdquo; was allegedly assaulted by juvenile offenders during a carjacking in Dupont Circle, a well-to-do neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>His threat was accompanied by an order to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >increase federal law enforcement presence<\/a> in Washington from last Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Before the attack on Coristine, Trump signed a more formal executive order in March that created a task force for the administration and D.C. Council to collaborate on, among other policies, law enforcement, including immigration enforcement. The order also directed investment in the district&rsquo;s police workforce and facilities, such as a forensic crime laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has a complicated relationship with the district, whose residents welcomed his first term with widespread protests.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Trump&rsquo;s threat to take over the district is curtailed by its being governed by Article I of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Constitution<\/a> and the District of Columbia Home Rule Act of 1973.<\/p>\n<p>Under that framework, the mayor and council oversee the district, but Congress has the right to review and repeal its laws and budget and appoint its judges. The most recent example of Congress reviewing and repealing a local law, in 2023, also concerned crime.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s threat to take over the district is not unprecedented.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3491834\/democrats-existential-threat-message-texas-redistricting-organizing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>DEMOCRATS TRY &lsquo;EXISTENTIAL THREAT&rsquo; MESSAGE WITH TEXAS REDISTRICTING ORGANIZING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The last time the federal government effectively took over the district was in 1995, when then-President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bill Clinton<\/a> signed the Republican-endorsed District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act into law in response to then-Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marion-barry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marion Barry<\/a>. That legislation established the District of Columbia Financial Control Board, which managed the district&rsquo;s finances until 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s action coincides with Congress declining to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morning-wire-u-s-veterans-take-afghanistan-evacuation-into-their-own-hands-texas-house-passes-election-integrity-law-mississippi-threatens-new-covid-restrictions\/\" title=\"Morning Wire: U.S. Veterans Take Afghanistan Evacuation Into Their Own Hands, Texas House Passes Election Integrity ..., Mississippi Threatens New COVID Restrictions\">pass legislation addressing<\/a> a funding shortfall of $1.1 billion that it introduced into the district&rsquo;s budget with its continuing resolution, a stopgap spending measure to keep the federal government open beyond March.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2201414\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2201414\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump federalizes DC police, deploys National Guard to fight crime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2473279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/trump-dc.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[39567,51050,37479,32603,3634],"class_list":["post-2473278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dc-police","tag-law-enforcement-2","tag-national-guard","tag-political-news","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/trump-dc.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2473278"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2473282,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473278\/revisions\/2473282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2473279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2473278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2473278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2473278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}