Overview

• Through an executive order, the president invoked Section 740 of the Home Rule Act to assume control of Metropolitan Police services for federal purposes
• About 500 federal law enforcement officers from agencies such as the FBI, ATF and U.S. Marshals Service have joined roughly 800 D.C. National Guard troops in the capital
• The order declared a public safety emergency and directed immediate removal of homeless encampments with relocation promises outside the city
• Police statistics show violent crime down about 26 percent year-over-year, prompting Mayor Bowser and D.C. Council members to dispute the administration’s emergency rationale
• The takeover automatically lasts 48 hours under the statute unless extended by notifying Congress, setting the stage for court and congressional review