August 15, 2025
Trump seizes control of DC police and deploys armed National Guard
National Guard deploys after federal control order
📜Constitutional Law🏛️Government🏙️Local Issues
President Trump signed executive orders August 15, 2025, placing DC Metropolitan Police under federal control and authorizing National Guard deployment for "public safety," marking unprecedented federal seizure of local policing in the nation's capital.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the takeover gives federal authorities direct command over 4,000 local officers while DC Mayor Muriel Bowser called the action "illegal occupation" that violates home rule.
Trump signed orders August 15 placing all 4,000 DC police officers under direct federal command
National Guard soldiers now patrol Washington streets carrying loaded weapons for the first time since civil rights era
Attorney General Bondi confirmed federal officials give direct orders to neighborhood cops responding to domestic calls
Mayor Bowser called it an 'illegal occupation' but has no power to stop the federal takeover
This breaks 240 years of local policing tradition where communities control their own law enforcement
Armed soldiers and federal agents now outnumber local police 2-to-1 in the nation's capital
📜Constitutional Law🏛️Government🏙️Local Issues
People, bills, and sources
Donald Trump
President of the United States
Pam Bondi
U.S. Attorney General
Muriel Bowser
Washington DC Mayor
Robert Contee
DC Police Chief
What You Can Do
1
Call House Oversight Committee at 202-225-5074 demanding emergency hearings on illegal federal police seizure
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Join DC Statehood Coalition at 51for51.org supporting full representation to protect against federal interference
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Support ACLU DC at acludc.org funding legal challenges to federal takeover of local policing
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Attend DC Council meetings at dccouncil.us supporting local officials resisting federal occupation
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Join Partnership for Civil Justice Fund at justicedc.org challenging federal overreach in Washington
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Support Posse Comitatus Act Defense Coalition opposing military involvement in civilian policing nationwide