Updated August 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM MST

President Trump's move to take over the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is "very problematic" and could tarnish police relationships in the community, warns retired U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn.

Trump announced on Monday that he'll use the National Guard and MPD for at least the next 30 days to target "bloodthirsty criminals , roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people" in Washington, D.C. He said in his announcement that police officers will be allowed to do "whatever the hell they want."

"The whole thing about doing 'whatever the hell they want' to do, as he put it, that's very problematic for police," Dunn, who ran for Congress as a Democrat last year, told Morning Edition . "It gives bad apples cover

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