DOJ backs off attempt to install emergency DC police chief
Justice Department earlier tried to install Drug Enforcement
Administration head as District's 'emergency police commissioner'
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The lawsuit argued the order directly interferes with "policies and
enforcement related to purely local matters."
"The entire structure of the statute reflects Congress's judgment that
control over local affairs should be left to the people of the
District -- not seized by the President based on his disagreements
with local law enforcement policy," the lawsuit said.
Brian Schwalb, the attorney general for the District of Columbia, said
the provision of the Home Rule Act, even when invoked, keeps
operational control of the local police department with the mayor and
police chief
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In court on Friday, a Justice Department official said they agreed to
rewrite a portion of the order that named Cole as the "emergency
police commissioner" of the MPD.
Instead, the new order would say that Cole would serve as the designee
of the attorney general for the purposes of requesting service, the
department attorney said.
https://rollcall.com/2025/08/15/doj-backs-off-attempt-to-install-emergency-dc-police-chief/
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