D.C. Council member Robert White hosted a virtual town hall Monday night, shedding new light on how federal officers and National Guard troops are being deployed in the District.

A D.C. police officer at the meeting talked about how the officers and guard members are being used.

“We very much see this as an enhancement of our normal operations,” said Capt. Jon Dorrough, who is the acting commander for the Seventh District. “Since the inception of MPD, we’ve worked with our federal partners. However, it has been much, much enhanced that we’ve heard the mayor describe it as a ‘surge.'”

Dorrough said the federal partners sent in by President Donald Trump have been deploying with D.C. police on a daily basis.

“Primarily, they’ve been going out with our crime suppression teams, which are ou

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