(The Hill) - President Trump has tapped Terry Cole, currently the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), to lead the federal takeover of Washington, D.C.’s police department.

Cole, a longtime DEA agent who was Virginia’s secretary of public safety before joining the Trump administration, will be at the forefront of efforts to stamp out what the president has described as out-of-control crime in the district.

Violent crime in D.C. hit a 30-year low in January.

“Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people, and we’re not going to let it happen anymore. We’re not going to take it,” Trump said Monday.

Trump’s takeover is authorized by law for 30 days. He would need congression

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