WASHINGTON, DC – September 08, 2026 – PRESSADVANTAGE –

This report, distributed by Lotze Mosley PLLC, examines newly compiled data marking one year since federal law enforcement agencies surged into the District of Columbia under a presidential order issued in August 2025.

President Donald Trump ordered the surge on August 11, 2025, deploying additional federal agents from the FBI, DEA, and ICE alongside the Metropolitan Police Department, along with National Guard troops. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Ferris Pirro marked the one-year anniversary of the surge, reporting more than 13,100 arrests and nearly 2,000 illegal firearms seized over the year, according to a statement from her office.

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Pirro’s office also reported that the U.S. Attorney’s Office had charged 16,724 cases in D.C. Superior Court since the surge began, a 67 percent increase from the prior year, and credited the surge with reductions in violent crime across the District.

Separately, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reported that homicides fell 45 percent, carjackings fell 64 percent, robberies fell 33 percent, and motor vehicle thefts fell 53 percent over the year, based on year-over-year comparisons published in the same anniversary statement.

FBI Director Kash Patel said his agency alone made more than 6,000 of the arrests during the surge, along with more than 1,300 firearm seizures and nearly 2,000 drug-related arrests. Officials also said the operation had taken into custody nearly three dozen homicide suspects and more than 100 known gang members over the year.

Independent analysis of the surge’s effects has produced more mixed findings than the official statistics alone suggest. A study published by the Niskanen Center, a public policy research organization, found that a portion of the crime decline predated the surge and was already underway in the District between 2022 and 2025, and that the National Guard’s contribution was concentrated in reducing property crime in tourist and commercial areas rather than in higher-crime neighborhoods.

A separate analysis by the Council on Criminal Justice, comparing the first half of 2026 to the same period in 2025, found that six of eight major offense categories declined by 10 percent or more, led by carjacking, motor vehicle theft, and homicide, while aggravated assault and gun assault increased over that period.

A separate investigation by television station WUSA9 found that roughly one in three arrests made in the District during a sample period were carried out by agencies other than the Metropolitan Police Department, raising transparency questions among some local officials and residents.

The surge has remained a subject of ongoing discussion between local and federal officials. Mayor Muriel Bowser has both cooperated with federal law enforcement during the surge and pushed for continued local control over public safety policy, while National Guard deployment in the District has continued amid separate legal and political disputes over its duration and legal basis.

The increased presence of federal law enforcement agencies in the District has practical implications for individuals facing criminal charges, including a greater likelihood that a case may involve federal agents, federal prosecutors, or charges in federal rather than local court, depending on the circumstances of an arrest.

The information referenced in this release is based on official statements from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and independent reporting and research examining the surge’s effects. The figures are presented for general public awareness and are not a substitute for individualized legal advice.

Lotze Mosley PLLC represents individuals facing DUI and other criminal charges in Washington, D.C., and throughout Maryland.

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