in effect
This is a presidential executive order (EO 14333, signed August 11, 2025) declaring a crime emergency in Washington, D.C. It invokes a specific provision of the D.C. Home Rule Act (section 740 of Public Law 93-198) that allows the President to direct the D.C. Mayor to make the Metropolitan Police Department available for federal purposes during emergency conditions.
Effective immediately, the D.C. Mayor is required to make the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) available to serve federal purposes for the maximum period allowed under the Home Rule Act. The President’s authority over the MPD under this emergency provision is delegated to the Attorney General, meaning the Attorney General — not D.C. elected officials — directs how MPD resources are deployed for those federal purposes. The Attorney General must regularly monitor conditions, update the President on the emergency’s status, and notify the President if further action is needed or if the emergency no longer warrants the arrangement. The costs of publishing the order are assigned to the Department of Justice.
The D.C. Mayor and the Metropolitan Police Department are directly affected, as they are now obligated to provide police services as directed by the Attorney General for federal purposes rather than operating solely under local authority during this period. Federal employees, contractors, and visitors to D.C. federal buildings and national monuments are the stated beneficiaries of the increased federal oversight of policing. D.C. residents are indirectly affected, as MPD resources may be redirected toward federal priorities under this arrangement.