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For years, the capital’s police force has faced a scarcity of cops due to Democratic-championed policies driving out officers in droves.
President Trump sent a warning to Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) early Friday, threatening to extend the federal takeover of local police in the nation’s capital and citing “inaccurate” crime reporting data.
President Donald Trump joined the Metropolitan Police and the National Guard Thursday night for a ride along and lauded improvements to safety in the city since the federal takeover.
At least ten cities in states whose Republican governors are deploying National Guard troops to Washington, DC, had higher rates of violent crime or homicide than DC last year, according to a CNN review of FBI data.
CNN's Scott Jennings defends the federal takeover of Washington DC's police: ABBY PHILLIP: There's no denying D.C.'s got a crime problem, but should these governors be sending troops from their states where they have crime problems to D.
At least one high-ranking officer has been suspended so far over the disturbing allegations, which the DC Police Union has said effectively reflect standard operating procedure.