The White House said 450 officers from multiple federal agencies, including the FBI, were deployed in the nation's capital on Aug. 9 and Aug. 10.

President Donald Trump announced Aug. 11 that he would place the D.C. Police Department under direct federal control and deploy the National Guard to the streets of Washington to fight crime and clear the city of its homeless population,

President Donald Trump said Monday that he’s taking over Washington's police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard across the city in the hopes of reducing crime, even as city officials stressed that crime is already falling in the nation’s capital.

President Donald Trump took to social media on Sunday addressing plans to target crime in Washington D.C., warning the homeless population to leave.

President Trump is hinting at further federal police action in D.C., teasing a press conference on Monday aimed at "ending the Crime, Murder, and Death."

President Donald Trump has also increased his rhetoric about countering crime in the nation's capital, even as data shows crime rates in the city are falling.