Residents in DC's high-crime areas say federal police surge has left them out

WASHINGTON — Federal officers are easy to spot outside Union Station — standing guard in one of D.C.’s busiest commuter hubs.

But in neighborhoods that experience some of the city’s highest rates of gun violence, residents say they haven’t seen the same presence.

Monday afternoon the St. Elizabeths campus in Southeast, two shootings happened within 90 minutes — just a block apart on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Neighbors declined to speak on camera but told us they haven’t noticed any increased federal patrols or police since the President announced plans to bolster law enforcement in the District.

Moving just North near 2200 Minnesota Ave., Advisory Neighborhood Tom Donahue echoed that sentiment.

“There is no presence,” Donahue said. “Our murders are up in our ANC by three.”

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