{"id":2474310,"date":"2025-08-13T14:42:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-officials-see-trump-takeover-as-relationship-opportunity\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T14:42:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:42:03","slug":"dc-officials-see-trump-takeover-as-relationship-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-officials-see-trump-takeover-as-relationship-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"DC officials see Trump takeover as relationship opportunity"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdc-officials-see-trump-takeover-as-relationship-opportunity%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=2474310&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 - 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D.C. Police Union Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3496671\/dc-police-union-chairman-blames-crime-problem-on-bad-legislation-from-city-council\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gregg Pemberton<\/a> said in January that MPD is &ldquo;operating at dangerously low staffing levels&rdquo; and is staffed at a 50-year low.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To compensate for staffing shortages, officers are consistently working excessive overtime,&rdquo; Pemberton said. &ldquo;Last year, members worked nearly 2 million hours of overtime &mdash; four times the average. This not only leads to physical and mental exhaustion but also reduces the effectiveness of our force.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/>January 13, 2025<br \/>Contact: Gregg Pemberton, Chairman<\/p>\n<p>DC Police Union Statement on Three Officers Shot in NE<\/p>\n<p>Washington, D.C. &ndash; The DC Police Union is deeply saddened to confirm that three of our brave officers were shot while responding to a burglary in&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SCmeAaJL0q\">https:\/\/t.co\/SCmeAaJL0q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alan Henney (@alanhenney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alanhenney\/status\/1878831359281467595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Bowser says that &ldquo;feelings of crime&rdquo; don&rsquo;t always reflect declining crime rates and hopes that more police on the streets will help people feel safer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We want to be able to grow our numbers at MPD,&rdquo; Bowser said in the interview. &ldquo;We know that being able to have a local, known police department in neighborhoods generates trust and helps communities help the police make them safer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bowser and Attorney General Pam Bondi met shortly after the announcement on Monday, and Bowser says she has found Bondi to be &ldquo;pretty straightforward.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The D.C. mayor stated that the U.S. attorney&rsquo;s office and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3496096\/trump-federalizes-washington-dc-police-activates-national-guard-combat-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"D.C. forensics lab\">D.C. forensics <\/a><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3496096\/trump-federalizes-washington-dc-police-activates-national-guard-combat-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\">lab&nbsp;<\/a><\/span>are working together again, mentioning that they&rsquo;ve already noticed improvements in their relationships with federal partners.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the next 30 days, Bondi will control MPD and serve as the main point of contact. Trump also designated Terry Cole, who was confirmed less than three weeks ago to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3316869\/trump-names-new-dea-pick-terry-cole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">lead the Drug Enforcement Administration<\/a>, as MPD&rsquo;s interim federal commissioner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Smith says federal agents will be easily identifiable and wear their agency logos.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3498692\/trump-calls-dc-statehood-ridiculous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP BRUSHES OFF CALLS FOR DC STATEHOOD AS &lsquo;RIDICULOUS&rsquo;<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Section 740 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3496500\/dc-home-rule-sidelined-trump-takeover-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Home Rules Act\">Home Rule Act<\/a> grants the president the authority to take control of the city&rsquo;s police for 48 hours, which can be extended for 30 days if Congress is notified.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It has not yet been revealed how crime rates and MPD&rsquo;s progress will be measured during the next 30 days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_2203025\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2203025\"}});<\/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<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DC officials see takeover as opportunity to build relationships with federal partners D.C. 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