Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a directive issued Thursday evening that DEA boss Terry Cole will assume “powers and duties vested in the District of Columbia Chief of Police.” The Metropolitan Police Department “must receive approval from Commissioner Cole” before issuing any orders,

Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration as Washington’s “emergency police commissioner,” saying she is granting him the powers of the police chief amid the federal takeover.

President Donald Trump has deployed the national guard into Washington, DC to combat what he called "out of control" crime, but as Bloomberg's Shaquille Omari explains, the recent crime data is opposite to what the president has put forward.