D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said Tuesday that local and federal law enforcement “are here to work together” to carry out President Trump’s sweeping Monday order federalizing her 3,400-officer force.
That morning, Smith and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, walked the halls of the Justice Department for meetings with their new law enforcement superiors — among them DEA chief Terry Cole, now tasked with steering the MPD.
Bowser told reporters she hoped to “make the most of the additional officer support” as the White House floods the city with reinforcements from the Border Patrol, the FBI, the DEA, and the U.S. Park Police. It was, in effect, the capital’s policing family that suddenly expanded, and under new management.
National Guard troops will also take up posts on the capital’s streets — a visible show of force, even if they lack arrest powers.
Mayor Bowser, who sparred often with Trump over policing in his first term, struck a different note Tuesday. She said she wants to be sure National Guard members and federal officers are “being well used … to drive down crime.”
“We have more police,” she said simply, “and we want to make sure we use them.”
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser seems to be coming around to Trump’s takeover of the city’s police, National Guard deployment:
“What I’m focused on is the federal surge and how to make the most of the additional officer support that we have…all in an effort to drive down crime…… pic.twitter.com/Jsw6OTJvU9
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Smith emerged from the meeting with Cole sounding optimistic. “I think this is going to be a good effort,” she told reporters outside the Justice Department.
The police chief said she was especially eager for federal help in getting “illegal guns” off the streets.
“We are here to work together with our federal partners,” she said, adding that their reach could extend to “pockets of crime we would like to address.”
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