WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Pam Bondi is effectively in charge of the police department in Washington, D.C. — so says the White House. But the city’s police force already has a Pam at the helm — Chief Pamela Smith — and she says she only reports to the mayor.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and Police Chief Pamela Smith talk to members of the D.C. media a day after President Donald Trump said there would be a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department in order to address crime in the District.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is voicing concerns about the president's potential use of the National Guard to patrol the city's streets. President Donald Trump announced Monday that he’s taki

Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund is quick to remind former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi she is at fault for the delay in the Guard on Jan. 6, 2021. He says he had personally

Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund accused Nancy Pelosi of repeatedly denying his requests for National Guard assistance before and during Jan. 6, amid her criticism of Trump sending in the Guard over Washington,

President Donald Trump directly controls DC's police and National Guard because of the federal enclave's unique status, experts say.

President Donald Trump directly controls DC's police and National Guard because of the federal enclave's unique status, experts say.

Tymark Wells, 33, was fatally shot in D.C. hours after President Donald Trump ordered a federal takeover of the city’s police force.

Burlington, Colo., Police Chief Nathan Hill was housing the German Shepherd at his residence in Kit Carson after the K-9 program in another county was terminated

The White House and D.C. leadership each try to assert that they are in control of the force, even as they emphasize cooperation and shared priorities.

President Donald Trump said the federal government will take control of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department.

The local police union in Washington, D.C., wasted no time in welcoming President Donald Trump’s unprecedented federalization of the Metropolitan Police Department and the deployment of the National G