(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is putting Washington, D.C. police “under direct federal control” — invoking Section 740 of D.C.’s Home Rule Act, which deals with control of the city’s police force.

“We’re taking it back. Under the authorities vested in me as the President of the United States, I’m officially invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. You know what that is — and placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control,” Trump said.

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has not yet publicly commented on Trump’s announcement. ABC News has reached out to Bowser as well as the Metropolitan Police Department for comment.

D.C.’s Home Rule Act of 1973 allows D.C. residents to elect a mayor, members of D.C.

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