D.C. police are now allowed to notify federal immigration enforcement agencies of people who are not in custody, including during traffic stops, the chief of police said in an executive order Thursday. It comes four days into President Donald Trump’s takeover of the city’s police department .

A memo from Chief of Police Pamela Smith says members of the Metropolitan Police Department may assist with “sharing information about persons not in MPD custody” and “providing transportation for federal immigration agency employees and detained subjects.”

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The order says members “shall not make any inquiry through any database solely for the purpose of inquiring about an individual’s immigration status.”

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