Safe and Beautiful Task Force. Since then, the effort has transformed policing in the District, with the Guard troops becoming ever-present at Metro stations and joint patrols with federal officers the status quo. That is in part due to D.C. officers’ being poached by federal law enforcement agencies that are growing. The city’s majority-Black communities also saw a surge of federal law enforcement. He said he was most concerned about the provisions in McGuire’s legislation that ramped up federal law enforcement, sped up the concealed handgun licensing process and directed maximum immigration enforcement.

Source: Washington Post March 26, 2026 01:05 UTC