WTOP Answers: Has the federal law enforcement surge decreased crime in DC?

One week after President Donald Trump’s crime emergency declaration in D.C. expired, WTOP’s Kay Perkins breaks down crime data from D.C. police to get to the bottom of the law enforcement surge’s impact on crime in the District.

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Kay Perkins

Kay Perkins is an associate producer at WTOP.

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