The Metropolitan Police along with federal agencies tasked with helping curb crime in the nation’s capital are scrambling to figure out roles and strategy following President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a crime emergency and federalize DC’s police force , multiple sources told CNN.

“We’re going to restore the city back to the gleaming capital that everybody wants it to be,” Trump said at the White House on Monday. “It’s going to be something very special.”

But little communication seems to have been done before Trump’s news conference – the Washington, DC, mayor and police chief hadn’t been told about the takeover until they watched Trump say it live. It’s led to confusion over who now leads the MPD, how their policing strategy will change and in what ways federal agents – many

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