Cleanup

It is not always easy to get accurate information and here are a couple of examples. According to the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ), homicides fell 21 percent between 2024 and 2025, approaching the lowest rate in 125 years. Gun assaults dropped 22 percent, and carjackings plummeted 43 percent (CCJ, 2026). Taken together, violent crime is now lower than it was before the pandemic. Here is a recent report from NPR President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. has reduced petty property crimes, but has had little to no effect on violent crime, despite the high cost to taxpayers, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan think tank Niskanen Center. This is a report about the cleanup in Washington DC Washington, D.C. is undergoing a massive cleanup effort. Spearheaded by the "Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful" task force and federal agencies, authorities have dismantled over 140 homeless encampments and made thousands of arrests for narcotics, firearms offenses, and other crimes Here is a report from NPR Despite President Trump's federal intervention in D.C. and clearing of homeless encampments, there are people who still live on the streets. Service providers just have a harder time finding them.