"Trump, flanked by the FBI director, Kash Patel; the US attorney general, Pam Bondi; and the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, touted the federal takeover of policing in Washington DC and the amassing of arrests by federal agents in Operation Summer Heat. Operation Summer Heat, as described by Patel, was a three-month initiative to surge arrests of wanted fugitives across the country. The initiative is similar to seasonal surges by the US Marshals Service and other agencies in previous years, though its scope appears to be much broader."
"As a result of these efforts, violent crime declined nearly 20% nationwide compared to the same period last year, Trump said. And it was the safest and most peaceful summer in the last two decades. Crime began falling precipitously in major cities in 2022 and 2023. On the day Trump was inaugurated in January, crime had fallen to nearly 60-year lows. Nonetheless, the president has used the threat of crime in major cities as justification for extraordinary intervention by federal law enforcement personnel, including the deployment of national guard troops in Memphis, Tennessee, last week."
A press event presented federal officials and promoted federal takeover of policing in Washington, DC and mass arrests through Operation Summer Heat. Operation Summer Heat was described as a three-month initiative to surge arrests of wanted fugitives nationwide, resembling seasonal Marshal surges but with broader scope. Officials credited a nearly 20% nationwide decline in violent crime and labeled the summer the safest in two decades. Major-city crime declines began in 2022–2023 and had reached near 60-year lows by January. Federal interventions, including a Memphis deployment with national guard troops, were justified by the claimed crime threat despite local declines.
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