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ARTICLE VIEW:
What the end of Trump’s crime emergency means for law enforcement in
DC
By Gabe Cohen, CNN
Updated:
1:14 PM EDT, Wed September 10, 2025
Source: CNN
President Donald Trump’s 30-day in Washington, DC, expires at the end
of Wednesday, the mayor’s office says, but the federal law
enforcement surge in the nation’s capital is expected to continue.
Here’s what you need to know:
What happens Thursday?
Once the emergency ends, Trump will lose his broad authority under the
DC Home Rule Act to commandeer local police services for federal
purposes. In recent weeks, the administration has ordered DC’s mayor
to provide police support for federal operations such as immigration
enforcement.
Starting Thursday, local officials — including the mayor and police
chief — will regain the power to deny such requests, potentially
leaving federal agencies to handle certain operations on their own.
However, this is just one aspect of the federal crime-fighting efforts
in the nation’s capital, which are not expected to end abruptly.
What will happen with the National Guard and ICE?
The Trump administration can still deploy federal law enforcement and
National Guard troops across the city, a presence officials say will
continue. The military has the National Guard deployment in DC through
at least the end of November, though the president could end it sooner.
“Federal agents and officers have always been able to stop people.
They have arrest authority in the district, and that won’t change,”
Mayor Muriel Bowser said at a news conference Monday. “MPD will
continue to work with our federal agencies, as we’ve always done, in
ways that are strategic for public safety.”
Bowser issued an executive order last week requiring ongoing
coordination between local law enforcement and various federal
partners, though Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the National
Guard were notably excluded.
Bowser said Wednesday she expects the city’s police department to
return to its “status quo.”
“Immigration enforcement is not what MPD does, and with the end of
the emergency, it won’t be what MPD does in the future,” she added.
How did the emergency affect crime?
Bowser has touted a 39% drop in violent crime and 29% increase in
arrests since the federal surge began, though she’s emphasized that
it’s part of a broader downward trend driven by local police efforts
over the past two years.
In the of Trump’s takeover of DC policing, reported violent crime
incidents dropped by 10% from the previous three-week period, while
reported property crime incidents fell by 25%, according to public
data released by the Metropolitan Police Department. Overall, reported
crime decreased in all seven of DC’s police districts.
Much of the federal surge has been concentrated overnight. Metropolitan
Police Department crime suppression teams pair with federal agents —
including those from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, and
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — fanning out
across DC’s high-crime neighborhoods. These joint squads have brought
a significant boost in manpower — more than 500 extra federal
officers on the streets every night, a source told CNN, filling an
officer shortage that city leaders have long lamented.
MPD largely guides where these teams are deployed, relying on their
local expertise to target the city’s crime hot spots.
“This isn’t elaborate,” a law enforcement source told CNN. “The
sheer number of officers added to these areas has evidently created a
fear among those who commit crime in the city, and they seem to be
standing back for now.”
What will Bowser do now?
Since Trump’s emergency declaration on August 11, Bowser — a
Democrat and Trump critic in the past — has largely cooperated with
the administration and federal law enforcement to avoid provoking the
president and risking a more aggressive federal intervention. That
could include the administration pulling federal funding, federal
control over local schools or law enforcement, or even a full
revocation of DC’s home rule — steps some Republican lawmakers have
openly advocated.
While the mayor’s is to maintain DC’s autonomy and navigate the
city out of the federal emergency, she is likely to continue some
cooperation with the Trump administration to avoid a more dramatic
federal takeover. However, she has criticized the presence of masked
ICE agents making arrests and armed National Guard troops patrolling
busy areas.
ICE operations across DC have led to violent arrests and tense
interactions between officers and local residents.
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb last week seeking to end the National
Guard deployment, calling it a “military occupation” that violates
federal law and the US Constitution.
Bottom line: When Trump’s emergency order expires on Wednesday, his
power to control DC’s police will end. But for now, there’s no sign
that the federal surge is going away. Some city leaders may welcome
aspects of the continued support, but the uneasy partnership between
local officials and the Trump administration could lead to more clashes
in the weeks ahead.
This story has been updated with additional information.
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