<div data-testid="GridBlock-0"><div class="css-13c2kz1 exp-grid-size-large"><div class="css-17ugcbx e170gtkt0"><picture class="grid-image-0" data-credit="Kenny Holston/The New York Times" id="grid-image-0-"><source media="(min-width: 600px)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/08/21/multimedia/21dc-policetakover-new-01-tgpf/21dc-policetakover-new-01-tgpf-superJumbo.jpg?auto=webp&amp;quality=90"/><img alt="" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/08/21/multimedia/21dc-policetakover-new-01-tgpf/21dc-policetakover-new-01-tgpf-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?auto=webp&amp;quality=90"/></picture><picture class="grid-image-1" data-credit="Eric Lee for The New York Times" id="grid-image-1-"><source media="(min-width: 600px)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/08/20/multimedia/00dc-police-takeover-01-clqt/00dc-police-takeover-01-clqt-superJumbo.jpg?auto=webp&amp;quality=90"/><img alt="" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/08/20/multimedia/00dc-police-takeover-01-clqt/00dc-police-takeover-01-clqt-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?auto=webp&amp;quality=90"/></picture><picture class="grid-image-2" data-credit="Eric Lee for The New York Times" id="grid-image-2-"><source media="(min-width: 600px)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/08/21/multimedia/21dc-police-takeover-new-02-qfpz/21dc-police-takeover-new-02-qfpz-superJumbo.jpg?auto=webp&amp;quality=90"/><img alt="" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/08/21/multimedia/21dc-police-takeover-new-02-qfpz/21dc-police-takeover-new-02-qfpz-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?auto=webp&amp;quality=90"/></picture><picture class="grid-image-3" data-credit="Kenny Holston/The New York Times" id="grid-image-3-"><source media="(min-width: 600px)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/08/21/multimedia/21dc-policetakover-new-02-tgpf/21dc-policetakover-new-02-tgpf-superJumbo.jpg?auto=webp&amp;quality=90"/><img alt="" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/08/21/multimedia/21dc-policetakover-new-02-tgpf/21dc-policetakover-new-02-tgpf-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?auto=webp&amp;quality=90"/></picture><picture class="grid-image-4" data-credit="Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times" id="grid-image-4-"><source media="(min-width: 600px)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/08/21/multimedia/21dc-police-takeover-new-03-qfpz/21dc-police-takeover-new-03-qfpz-superJumbo.jpg?auto=webp&amp;quality=90"/><img alt="" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/08/21/multimedia/21dc-police-takeover-new-03-qfpz/21dc-police-takeover-new-03-qfpz-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?auto=webp&amp;quality=90"/></picture><picture class="grid-image-5" data-credit="Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times" id="grid-image-5-"><source media="(min-width: 600px)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/08/21/multimedia/21dc-police-takeover-sub-zlqf/21dc-police-takeover-sub-zlqf-superJumbo.jpg?auto=webp&amp;quality=90"/><img alt="" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/08/21/multimedia/21dc-police-takeover-sub-zlqf/21dc-police-takeover-sub-zlqf-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?auto=webp&amp;quality=90"/></picture></div><figcaption class="css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0"><span class="css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Credit...</span><span>Kenny Holston/The New York Times; Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times; Eric Lee for The New York Times</span></span></figcaption></div></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-0"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">President Trump has overseen an expansive effort this month to take control of law enforcement in Washington, carrying out a conspicuous show of force in the nation’s capital in what he has described as an effort to combat crime.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The most attention-grabbing component of that takeover has been his initial deployment of more than 800 D.C. National Guard troops, <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/us/politics/national-guard-dc-trump-mississippi-louisiana.html" title="">with another 1,000 coming from Republican-led states</a>. That deployment, echoing Mr. Trump’s deployment of Guard troops in California to support immigration raids earlier this year, has been part of a wider effort by the president to meld military operations with domestic law enforcement, <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/politics/trump-national-guard-ice.html" title="">particularly in his immigration crackdown.</a></p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">But so far, the National Guard has operated <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/tourists-national-guard-washington.html" title="">primarily in a support role</a> in Washington. Guardsmen deployed in the city have mostly stayed in tourist-heavy areas near national monuments and transit hubs, and have so far done little to directly enforce the law. There have been some exceptions: National Guard lawyers <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/tourists-national-guard-washington.html#:~:text=The%20National%20Guard%20has%20also%20started%20sending%20military%20lawyers%20to%20work%20on%20incoming%20misdemeanor%20cases%20stemming%20from%20the%20deployment%20of%20forces" title="">have been transferred to the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington</a>, essentially acting as low-level civilian prosecutors.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-2"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-1"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Instead, the National Guard presence primarily supports a smaller force of roughly 500 federal law enforcement agents that have more actively participated in Mr. Trump’s crackdown on crime.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" 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The White House has lauded their efforts in daily news releases, tallying more than 600 arrests over a two-week period — many of them for immigration violations. In the last two weeks before Mr. Trump commandeered the city’s police, 1,182 arrests were made.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Mr. Trump has justified the show of force primarily as a crackdown on crime, using apocalyptic language to portray Washington in the throes of violent anarchy. Crime data shows that <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/violent-crime-dc-hits-30-year-low" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">violent crime in the district is at a 30-year low</a>, and the Trump administration has <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/us-attorney-ed-martin-jr-credits-president-trumps-first-100-days-25-drop-dc-violent" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">cited a drop in the first third of the year</a>. Federal agents so far have not focused on <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/us/politics/trump-washington-crime.html" title="">areas with the highest crime rates</a>.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The White House has also declined to say how much the operation has cost. By its count, some 2,000 National Guardsmen and law enforcement agents are participating in the effort. A Defense Department official estimated earlier this year that the National Guard deployment in California, including about 5,000 Guardsmen and Marines, <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/10/trump-la-marines-protests-guard.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">would cost $134 million over 60 days.</a></p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The New York Times has identified at least eight federal agencies operating alongside units that normally operate in the city, like the Capitol Police and Metro Transit Police. Those eight agencies are the F.B.I.; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Border Patrol; the Drug Enforcement Administration; the Secret Service; Homeland Security Investigations; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the U.S. Marshals. Park Police officers, who normally patrol federal parks in the District of Columbia, have also been seen in various locations around the city.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-6"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-3"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Times journalists reviewed hundreds of images and videos of law enforcement officials to determine where agents and troops have been deployed and what they have been doing on the ground.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Here’s what we know:</p><h2 class="css-1fxbdfl eoo0vm40" id="link-17f60057">Federal agents are assisting local police with arrests</h2><p class="css-1lsv4am e6idgb70">Aug. 17, 14th Street Corridor</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="DiptychBlock-8"><div class="css-q3z82y e73j0it0"><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure aria-label="media" class="img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0" role="group"><div class="css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Image</span><div class="css-nwd8t8" data-testid="lazy-image"><div data-testid="lazyimage-container" style="height:257.77777777777777px"></div></div></div><figcaption class="css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption"><span class="css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Credit...</span><span><span aria-hidden="false">Eric Lee for The New York Times</span></span></span></figcaption></figure></div><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure aria-label="media" class="img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0" role="group"><div class="css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Image</span><div class="css-nwd8t8" data-testid="lazy-image"><div data-testid="lazyimage-container" style="height:257.77777777777777px"></div></div></div><figcaption class="css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption"><span class="css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Credit...</span><span><span aria-hidden="false">Eric Lee for The New York Times</span></span></span></figcaption></figure></div></div></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-4"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">For the last two weeks, federal agents have patrolled Washington, usually in teams of four or more, assisting the city’s Metropolitan Police Department <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/us/dc-police-federal-night-scene.html" title="">in most law enforcement duties</a>. This has meant traffic stops and responding to routine calls for help, but they have also led more focused hunts for illegal guns, stolen vehicles and illicit drugs in an effort to adhere to Mr. Trump’s order to crack down on crime.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">In a statement announcing the initial surge of agents into Washington, the White House said that agents “will be identified, in marked units and highly visible.” But many agents wear masks or other facial coverings that prevent them from being easily identifiable. Others wear vests that do not indicate which agency they work for, labeled only “police” or “federal agent.” Still others operate behind tinted windows in unmarked cars.</p><h2 class="css-1fxbdfl eoo0vm40" id="link-2504a579">Officers are setting up checkpoints and conducting sobriety tests</h2><p class="css-1lsv4am e6idgb70">Aug. 20, Columbia Heights</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="DiptychBlock-10"><div class="css-q3z82y e73j0it0"><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure aria-label="media" class="img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0" role="group"><div class="css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Image</span><div class="css-nwd8t8" data-testid="lazy-image"><div data-testid="lazyimage-container" style="height:258.4222222222222px"></div></div></div><figcaption class="css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption"><span class="css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Credit...</span><span><span aria-hidden="false">Kenny Holston/The New York Times</span></span></span></figcaption></figure></div><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure aria-label="media" class="img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0" role="group"><div class="css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Image</span><div class="css-nwd8t8" data-testid="lazy-image"><div data-testid="lazyimage-container" style="height:257.77777777777777px"></div></div></div><figcaption class="css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption"><span class="css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Credit...</span><span><span aria-hidden="false">Kenny Holston/The New York Times</span></span></span></figcaption></figure></div></div></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-11"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-5"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Federal agents have pursued a kind of “broken windows” policing strategy while stopping people, seemingly at random, at vehicle checkpoints in the city. They check for small irregularities with the cars they stop: a broken taillight, for example, or invalid temporary license plates or plates that don’t match the vehicle registration. They also look for other minor offenses while interacting with drivers and passengers that could justify a more thorough search or arrest.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">In one incident on Wednesday evening, a man who was driving home from work wearing a FedEx shirt was pulled over by Park Police because his plates did not match his vehicle registration. After federal agents spent more than 15 minutes interrogating him, they found a half-empty beer bottle in his car, triggering a field sobriety test. They eventually poured the contents of the bottle into a nearby flower bed, upsetting protesters, and sent the man home with a warning. Similar stops have happened routinely in other areas of the city over the last two weeks.</p><h2 class="css-1fxbdfl eoo0vm40" id="link-426e0ad2">Agents are also conducting immigration arrests</h2><p class="css-1lsv4am e6idgb70">Aug. 15, navy yard</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="DiptychBlock-13"><div class="css-q3z82y e73j0it0"><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure aria-label="media" class="img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0" role="group"><div class="css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Image</span><div class="css-nwd8t8" data-testid="lazy-image"><div data-testid="lazyimage-container" style="height:257.77777777777777px"></div></div></div><figcaption class="css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption"><span class="css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Credit...</span><span><span aria-hidden="false">Eric Lee for The New York Times</span></span></span></figcaption></figure></div><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure aria-label="media" class="img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0" role="group"><div class="css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Image</span><div class="css-nwd8t8" data-testid="lazy-image"><div data-testid="lazyimage-container" style="height:257.77777777777777px"></div></div></div><figcaption class="css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption"><span class="css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Credit...</span><span><span aria-hidden="false">Eric Lee for The New York Times</span></span></span></figcaption></figure></div></div></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-6"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Federal agents have arrested people suspected of being undocumented immigrants at improvised checkpoints in high-traffic areas of the city such as <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/get-off-our-streets-federal-agents-set-up-checkpoint-in-dc-drawing-protesters/3974630/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">the nightlife corridor</a> north of the White House on 14th Street, as well as near the baseball stadium at Navy Yard.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Of the 630 arrests made so far, according to the White House, 251 were suspected to be undocumented immigrants. The White House highlighted an unspecified number of cases where those arrested had outstanding warrants and convictions for violent crimes and drugs, but most of the arrests of immigrants appeared to be for immigration violations.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-15"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-7"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">It is not unusual for federal law enforcement agents to conduct immigration arrests, but <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/us/politics/dc-police-federal-immigration-enforcement.html" title="">the city government has policies in place</a> that bar police from most collaboration with federal immigration authorities. But Attorney General Pam Bondi is seeking to end those policies, and while the issue is being contested in court, a federal judge has allowed the administration <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/us/politics/judge-hearing-dc-home-rule.html" title="">to require the city’s help</a> on immigration enforcement for now.</p><h2 class="css-1fxbdfl eoo0vm40" id="link-7d28235d">The National Guard is deployed away from the police effort</h2><p class="css-1lsv4am e6idgb70">The national mall, union station</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="DiptychBlock-17"><div class="css-q3z82y e73j0it0"><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure aria-label="media" class="img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0" role="group"><div class="css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Image</span><div class="css-nwd8t8" data-testid="lazy-image"><div data-testid="lazyimage-container" style="height:580px"></div></div></div><figcaption class="css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption"><span class="css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Credit...</span><span><span aria-hidden="false">Alex Kent for The New York Times</span></span></span></figcaption></figure></div><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure aria-label="media" class="img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0" role="group"><div class="css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Image</span><div class="css-nwd8t8" data-testid="lazy-image"><div data-testid="lazyimage-container" style="height:579.3555555555556px"></div></div></div><figcaption class="css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption"><span class="css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Credit...</span><span><span aria-hidden="false">Kenny Holston/The New York Times</span></span></span></figcaption></figure></div></div></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-8"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The total number of National Guardsmen in Washington is expected to rise to nearly 2,000 in coming days. Their presence has been highly visible, focused on the National Mall and transit hubs like metro stations and Union Station.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">They are not making arrests “at this time,” according to the White House, and are not currently armed — although the White House and the Guard have also indicated that could change, saying that the troops “may be armed, consistent with their mission and training.”</p><p class="css-798hid etfikam0">Zach Montague<!-- --> contributed reporting.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div>