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US President Donald Trump claimed the city had been taken over by criminals and gangs. But police statistics show that violent crimes have decreased significantly in recent years. US President Donald Trump put the metropolitan police department of Washington, DC, under federal control on Monday and announced he would also deploy the National Guard to the US capital city. Trump claimed the US capital has been taken over "by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals." However, police statistics show that violent crime in Washington fell by 35% in 2024, and fell a further 26% in the first six months of 2025. Washington's Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser has previously said that the city is "not experiencing a crime spike" and noted that violent crime hit its lowest level in more than three decades last year.

Trump pledged to make Washington "crime-free." President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will seek more permanent federal control of the Washington, D.C., police force as he continues his efforts to ramp-up crime enforcement in the nation's capital. Earlier this week, Trump announced his plans to deploy National Guard troops in the nation's capital, declaring a public safety emergency in order to put the Washington police department under federal control and station... Trump's current control of the D.C. police force expires in 30 days, after which Congress would have to weigh in. Asked Wednesday whether he'd work with Congress to extend the emergency authorization allowing him to temporarily seize control of local law enforcement, Trump said he'll ask Congress for a "long-term" extension of federal authority...

"We're going to be asking for extensions on that -- long-term extensions, because you can't have 30 days," Trump said at an event at the Kennedy Center. President Donald Trump said he was deploying the National Guard to Washington DC and taking control of the city's police force as he pledged to crack down on crime and homelessness in the city. Trump declared a "public safety emergency" on Monday, deploying 800 National Guard troops to bolster hundreds of federal law enforcement officers who were deployed over the weekend. "It's becoming a situation of complete and total lawlessness," he told reporters at the White House. The city's Mayor Muriel Bowser has rejected the president's claims about crime, and while there was a spike in 2023, statistics show it has fallen since then. Violent crime in the city is also at a 30-year low.

"I'm announcing a historic action to rescue our nation's capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse," Trump said during a news conference in which he was flanked by US Attorney General Pam... President Donald Trump says he’s placing Washington, D.C., police under federal control and is deploying the National Guard. The Democratic mayor of D.C., Muriel Bowser, has noted that violent crime in Washington has decreased since a rise in 2023. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi look on. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, from right, speaks as Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich listen during a press briefing with President Donald Trump in the James Brady... 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is bringing in 800 National Guard members to help law enforcement fight crime in Washington, but just 100 to 200 of the troops will be on the city’s... Trump’s directive Monday for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to activate the National Guard is just the latest example of him sending the Guard into cities to support immigration enforcement or fight crime over the... WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump deployed 800 National Guard troops to the streets of Washington, DC, a rare flex of his presidential authority over the military while a court mulls the legality of his...

Speaking at the White House on Aug. 11, Trump said he had mobilized District of Columbia National Guard troops to respond to what he has claimed are rampant crime rates in the nation's capital. He also seized control of the Washington's local Metropolitan Police Force. "You will see them flowing into the streets of Washington in the coming weeks," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at the news conference. "They will be strong. They will be tough."

The deployment of hundreds of soldiers onto Washington's streets takes Trump's unprecedented use of the military – which he has already ordered to crack down on protests and help deportations – in a new... The mission of 800 DC guard members will resemble how troops are helping immigration agents swarm the southern border, the Army said. US President Donald Trump says he is cracking down on crime in Washington DC through a federal takeover of the local police force. He has also announced plans to deploy at least 800 National Guard members in the US capital. Local authorities are pushing back on the plan, pointing to data that shows a substantial crime decrease since a post-pandemic surge in violence. Donald Trump says his administration is seizing control of the Washington DC police department and deploying the National Guard to crack down on local crime and "clear" the city of homelessness.

The US president has been warning the capital of a federal takeover since a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer was allegedly assaulted during an attempted carjacking last week. President Donald Trump announced Monday that he was placing the D.C. police under direct federal control and will deploy the National Guard to the streets of Washington to fight crime, an extraordinary flex of federal power that stripped city leadership of its ability to make... The president is deploying the National Guard in response to what he calls a crime emergency, with 800 troops slated to be sent to the capital. United States President Donald Trump has announced that he is temporarily taking control of the Washington, DC, police department, while deploying 800 National Guard troops to the city. Trump said his actions are needed to “rescue” the US capital from a surge in crime.

While violent crime spiked in Washington, DC, in 2023, data shows it has been falling quickly since then. During a 78-minute news conference, Trump announced that the federal government would take control of the District of Columbia (DC) Metropolitan Police Department to address surging crime.

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