Authorities Have Arrested Nearly 2,200 in DC Since Crime Crackdown: White House

White House press secretary said authorities were removing ‘career criminals’ from the streets of the nation’s capital.

Federal agents arrest a man at the Chinatown Metro Station in Washington on Sept. 3, 2025. Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images via AFP via Getty Images

Federal law enforcement agencies and the Washington Metropolitan Police Department arrested 2,177 individuals since President Donald Trump federalized the district’s policing about a month ago, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Sept. 9.

“So, you all can be very grateful for this,” Leavitt said during a briefing. “Our great men and women of law enforcement, both federal and local, [are] working together as they should.”