A coordinated federal surge including FBI, DEA, ATF, Park and Capitol Police, and other agencies coincided with a deployment of additional resources and a temporary change in local policing arrangements. A chart highlighted a yellow area showing the impact of the federal surge on district crime metrics. A 20-day comparison with the prior year showed an 87% reduction in carjackings. Declines in carjackings, gun use, homicide, and robbery were linked to improved neighborhood safety. Officials engaged with federal leadership, including the Attorney General and White House staff, in ongoing coordination regarding the surge.
I want to move on to share with you and I know that there have been data shared throughout this period and this is a chart, it's been, it shows, and this is the type of categories that the chief reports to me on a weekly basis about what's happening in crime in the district. We've highlighted the area in yellow that shows the impact of the surge of FBI, DEA, ATF, and Park and Capitol police, and other federal agencies in the district. And the federal crime, the federal surge has had a significant increase [decrease] on crime in Washington, D.C.. And we greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what MPD has been able to do in this city,
The most significant thing that we are highlighting today is the area of crime that was most troubling for us in 2023. Now we have driven it down over the last years, but and I'm gonna get my glasses so I can make sure I can see it correctly but for carjackings, the difference between this period, this 20-day period of this federal surge and last year, represents a 87% reduction in carjackings in Washington, D.C.. We know that when carjackings go down, when the use of gun goes down, when homicide or robbery go down, neighborhoods feel safer and are safer. So this surge has been important to us for that reason,
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