SCOOP: Trump expands DC crime task force with hiring push of nationwide law enforcement
FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is expanding its D.C. Task Force that was launched earlier in 2025 to combat crime in the nation's capital with a new hiring portal...
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FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is expanding its D.C. Task Force that was launched earlier in 2025 to combat crime in the nation's capital with a new hiring portal that's open to law enforcement and civilians across the country, Fox News Digital has learned. More than 2,000 law enforcement personnel support the task force on a nightly basis, which will now expand its mission with a hiring push. The administration launched a new hiring portal Wednesday, SAFEDC.GOV , calling on law enforcement officers, military veterans and civilians to apply for positions at federal agencies participating in the task force. Hired applicants will work an initial deployment on the D.C. Task Force for up to one year, Fox News Digital learned. Those hired are eligible to receive recruitment bonuses, healthcare, federal pensions, paid leave and other benefits. The launch of the portal comes after President Donald Trump repeatedly has celebrated the task force's success in D.C., pointing to it as an example for other cities to clean up their own crime woes. ‘RADICAL’ DC OFFICIALS TREATED OFFICERS ‘LIKE CRAP,’ POLICE LEADER SAYS – 7 ATTACKS THAT LED TO TRUMP TAKEOVER Washington, D.C., was among cities nationwide to be hit by 2020's violent crime wave that saw murders skyrocket nationally. In the following years, D.C. was rocked by shootings that left innocent children dead, a trend of juveniles committing carjackings that sometimes turned deadly, and shoplifting crimes and attacks, including the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old congressional intern in June. Democrats have pushed back on Trump's D.C. crime crackdown — and similar efforts in cities such as Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon — characterizing it as "abuse of power" and not needed as crime trends have ticked down since 2020. "We went from the most unsafe place anywhere to a place that now people, friends are calling me up, Democrats are calling me up, and they’re saying, ‘Sir, I want to thank you. My wife and I went out to…