The influx came the morning after the Republican president announced he would be activating the guard members and taking over the District’s police department, something the law allows him to do temporarily.

Governor Patrick Morrisey has announced the West Virginia National Guard will be deployed to D.C., in support of President Trump’s call to restore safety and cleanliness to the city. In a press release,

Governor Morrisey will activate 300 to 400 West Virginia National Guard Troops to support President Trump's initiative to provide additional patrols to curb crime in the Nation's Capitol

The 800 soldiers, in round-the-clock shifts of 100 to 200, will support Washington police and federal law enforcement officers.

Law enforcement expert, former sheriff's detective and investigator Jamie Copenhaver joins FOX 35's Garrett Wymer via Zoom from Washington, D.C. to talk about his time in security meetings and to give an update on the continued law enforcement response in Washington,

After President Donald Trump's announcement that his administration would take over Washington’s police department for at least a month, hundreds of members of the National Guard began to arrive

A spokesperson for Gov. Phil Scott confirmed that the governor has declined a preliminary inquiry from the federal government to deploy the Vermont National Guard to Washington, D.C. in support of President Trump's efforts to combat a "crime emergency" in the city.

Dressed in camouflage fatigues, National Guard troops patrolled areas of Washington Thursday, dispatched by President Donald Trump to police what he has called "out of control crime" in the city.