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Executive Order 14339

Additional Measures To Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia

This executive order expands federal intervention in Washington D.C. following a declared crime emergency two weeks prior. It directs multiple agencies to create specialized law enforcement units, hire additional personnel, establish a recruitment portal, ready National Guard forces for civil disturbance response, investigate HUD housing safety compliance, and review D.C. police procedures.

Federal Register Open PDF 90 FR 42121

Impact dates

  1. Specialized federal law enforcement units to begin training, manning, hiring, and equipping

  2. D.C. National Guard specialized unit creation and training begins

  3. State National Guard resourcing, training, organizing begins

Key directives

  • Director of National Park Service to hire additional U.S. Park Police for D.C.
  • U.S. Attorney for D.C. to hire additional prosecutors for violent and property crimes
  • D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force to establish online portal for law enforcement recruitment
  • Task Force agencies to create specialized public safety units deployable to D.C. and other cities
  • Secretary of Defense to create specialized D.C. National Guard unit under Title 32
  • Secretary of Defense to resource, train, and organize state National Guard for civil disturbance response
  • Secretary of Defense to designate rapid mobilization National Guard members by state
  • Secretary of Defense to establish standing National Guard quick reaction force
  • Attorney General, Secretary of Interior, Secretary of Homeland Security to deputize National Guard unit members
  • Secretary of HUD to investigate D.C. Housing Authority and landlord compliance with crime-prevention/safety requirements
  • Secretary of HUD to refer non-compliance findings to appropriate authorities
  • Secretary of Transportation to conduct inspections/audits of federally-funded D.C. transit

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Creation of specialized federal law enforcement units begins
  • National Guard specialized unit creation and training begins
  • Standing quick reaction force resourcing begins
  • HUD investigations begin
  • DOT inspections/audits begin
  • Attorney General review of MPD General Orders begins
  • Online portal for law enforcement recruitment established

Near term (90d)

  • Hiring and equipping of additional U.S. Park Police
  • Hiring of additional prosecutors for D.C.
  • Training and manning of specialized federal law enforcement units
  • State National Guard designation of rapid mobilization members

Long term

  • Potential deployment of specialized units to other cities
  • Nationwide National Guard quick reaction force operational readiness
  • Potential amendments to MPD General Orders

Risks & tensions

  • Federal-local tension: Order directs federal officials to request (not compel) D.C. Mayor to modify MPD General Orders, creating potential jurisdictional friction
  • Posse Comitatus concerns: National Guard deputization for law enforcement and Title 32 activation for domestic policing raises legal and civil liberties questions
  • 'Subject to availability of appropriations' qualifier may limit actual implementation
  • Vague 'other cities where public safety and order has been lost' standard for unit deployment lacks defined criteria
  • Potential overreach into local D.C. self-governance given unique federal-District relationship
Executive Order 14339: Additional Measures To Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia · Executive Orders