The Trump administration has reversed its decision to place Washington, DC's police department under federal control, allowing the appointed police chief to retain authority. This decision followed negotiations prompted by a federal judge after officials, including Washington Attorney General Brian Schwalb, sought to block the takeover. Despite this, federal Attorney General Pam Bondi directed that local police cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, creating ongoing tensions regarding oversight of policing and immigration policies in the capital.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has reversed course and agreed to leave the Washington, DC police chief in control of the department, after Washington officials and the United States Justice Department negotiated a deal at the urging of a federal judge.
Trump had placed Washington's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under federal control on Monday and ordered the deployment of 800 National Guard troops onto the streets of the capital, claiming a surge in crime.
A deal was hammered out at a federal court hearing after Washington, DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb had sought a court order blocking Trump's police takeover as illegal.
Meanwhile, the precise role of Drug Enforcement Administration head Terry Cole, who had been named by Bondi as the city's emergency police commissioner under Trump's takeover bid, is still to be hashed out in further talks.
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