The new picture of law enforcement in the U.S. capital began taking shape Tuesday as some of the 800 U.S. National Guard members deployed by the Trump administration began arriving, APA reports citing CBC.
The city's police and federal officials, projecting co-operation, took the first steps in an uneasy partnership to reduce crime in what U.S. President Donald Trump called — without substantiation — a lawless city.
The influx came the morning after the Republican president announced he would be activating the guard members and taking over the district's police department, something the law allows him to do temporarily. He cited a crime emergency — but referred to the same crime that city officials stress is already falling noticeably.
By evening, the administration was saying that National Guard members were expected to be on the streets starting Tuesday night, according to a White House official who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The U.S. army said there were no specifics on the locations they will be patrolling, according to an official who spoke on condition of anonymity for the same reason.
