Another $1.4 billion for armed federal troops to patrol out city and yet they've had "no measurable effect on violent crime."
Washington, D.C.’s crime decline and its lessons for American policing - Niskanen Center
Washington, D.C., offers a rare opportunity to study how police departments throughout the country might, and in fact must, do more with less.
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The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · yesterdayThe Pentagon’s deployment of National Guard troops to D.C. is set to cost an additional $1.4 billion through the end of the Trump administration, according to information reviewed by The Post. The estimate encompasses October 2026 through January 2029.
