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The chair of the D.C. Police Union threw his support behind President Donald Trump 's federal takeover of law enforcement in the nation's capital, but warned it is only a temporary remedy

"President Donald Trump’s takeover this month of the D.C. police was a drastic but necessary step. On its own, however, it won’t be enough to turn around a force in free fall," D.C. detective Gregg Pemberton wrote Friday in an op-ed published by The Washington Post.

Pemberton called Trump's deployment of the National Guard a "critical stopgap" and noted the "positive results" seen over the past week, but stressed, "Federal control is not a long-term solution."

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