US EditionTrump says he is deploying National Guard and federalizing D.C. police in crime-fighting effort
President Trump invoked emergency powers to federalize D.C. police and deploy 800 National Guard members despite a 26% drop in violent crime, officials said.
- On August 11, 2025, President Donald Trump declared he would bring the D.C. Metropolitan Police under federal authority and send a contingent of National Guard soldiers to address the escalating crime rates in Washington, D.C.
- Trump activated a provision from a 1973 law governing D.C., enabling the federal government to assume control over local police forces for up to 30 days, in response to safety concerns following an August assault on Edward Coristine.
- The operation involved 850 officers and led to 23 arrests for crimes including homicide, drug possession, and stalking, while six illegal guns were seized on the first night.
- Trump called August 11 “liberation day in D.C.” pledging to “take criminals off the streets,” while civil rights leaders denounced the move as an unjustified distraction and local officials found it unsettling.
- This federal intervention marks a historic and politically contentious shift in local law enforcement control and could set a precedent for action in other major U.S. cities facing crime challenges.
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