Mayor Bowser: D.C. Crime Not Lowered by Guard

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser reportedly told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to her city’s streets has not lowered the crime rate.

According to The Hill, Bowser, a Democrat, attributed the monthlong drop in D.C. crime to an increased presence of law enforcement agents bolstering the Metropolitan Police Department.

“What has worked is not the National Guard in helping enhance MPD services,” she told Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa. “What has worked is more DEA, more FBI.”