Attorney General Pam Bondi rescinded sanctuary city policies in Washington, D.C. and named DEA Administrator Terry Cole as emergency police commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Department. (Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Cole has the ability to issue general orders, executive orders and written directives affecting all members of the department, and existing department leadership must receive his approval before issuing directives of their own.
Bondi also explicitly rescinded three orders issued by the Metro police within the past two years related to illegal immigration – the most recent one being an executive order issued by Smith earlier on Thursday limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., will no longer operate under sanctuary city policies and will work with federal authorities on immigration, according to AG Pam Bondi. (Getty Images)
The order comes after President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Monday declaring a crime emergency in the nation's capital and announcing a federal takeover of the police department.
Since then, federal law enforcement and the National Guard have been visible throughout the district. On Wednesday night alone, numerous agencies arrested 45 people – 29 of them illegal immigrants – as part of the major crime crackdown.
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"Residents of the District of Columbia, the thousands of Americans who commute into the District for work every day, and the millions of tourists from all over the world who visit our nation's capital have a right to feel safe and to be free from the scourge of violent crime," Bondi's order stated.
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