D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser pushed back on the order, saying "there is no statute that conveys the District’s personnel authority to a federal official."

"Commissioner Cole shall assume all of the powers and duties vested in the District of Columbia Chief of Police," Pam Bondi said on Aug. 14.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced that DEA Administrator Terrence Cole will temporarily serve as the chief of Washington, D.C.'s police department.

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order rescinding sanctuary city policies in Washington, D.C. and naming an "emergency police commissioner."

Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the DEA Terry Cole as D.C.’s “emergency police commissioner."

The development came after Washington, D.C.'s attorney general filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department.

MPD head Pamela Smith warns that the Trump administration’s order would lead to operational chaos and put the lives of District residents at grave risk.

A standoff over the Trump administration’s push to take over law enforcement in the nation’s capital appeared to near a resolution after the Trump administration agreed to let Washington DC’s police chief remain in charge of her department.