Overview
- The surge began at midnight Friday under Trump’s orders with U.S. Park Police leading marked patrols alongside a dozen federal agencies for at least seven days and an option to extend.
- The deployment operates under the March executive order establishing the Making DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force to enforce quality-of-life and public-safety laws.
- Trump cited the early-August attack on Edward Coristine, a former Department of Government Efficiency staffer, as the catalyst for overriding local enforcement efforts.
- White House officials have scheduled a Monday press conference where the president will outline additional crime-reduction measures in the capital.
- Metropolitan Police data show violent crime is down 26 percent year-to-date, highlighting tensions over federal intervention and the city’s Home Rule governance.