Crime in DC

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers, the investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and U.S. Park Police officers detain a person on the National Mall in Washington on Aug. 13, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

A place notorious for violent “teen takeovers” is getting used to the “Trump takeover.”

On Aug. 11, President Donald Trump declared a public safety emergency in Washington, D.C., pledging to “rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor.”