Trump’s law enforcement surge is alienating DC residents, senior officers say

A pair of senior Washington, D.C., police commanders acknowledged Tuesday that the ongoing federal law enforcement surge in the nation’s capital is alienating the population and damaging community relationships that will have to be mended in the future.

“What relationships do we have to repair once this surge is over? I’m prepared to do that. I’m prepared to have those long, tough conversations. But I know it’s going to be tough,” said Sixth District Commander Jaron Hickman.

“We are getting some violent people off the streets — but in the long run, at what cost?”

Elsewhere in the city, students started to settle into the start of a new school year, which was shadowed by anxieties over increased immigration enforcement. Volunteers in some neighborhoods helped walk children to school as social media was abuzz with reports of sightings of federal officers.

Hickman and Seventh District Commander James Boteler spoke Tuesday before about