DC Mayor Pressed For Reaction To Federal Official Reportedly Saying 'We're Not Going Anywhere'

During a press briefing on Thursday, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser was asked about the expiration of the national crime emergency in Washington, D.C.

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00:00Tuesday night you went over to 7-D and you were there with some federal officials.

00:04I've been told by sources that are familiar with the conversation in the room

00:08that when it was opened up for questions that one police officer said,

00:12what happens after day 30?

00:13And that there was a federal official, and I'm not sure who it was,

00:16who said, we're not going anywhere and we have a four-year contract.

00:20Were you in the room? Did you hear that statement?

00:22And what's your reaction to it?

00:24I think it doesn't mean anything.

00:25I don't know what that means, so I can't comment on it.

00:31These are the facts.

00:34The federal emergency ends in 30 days.

00:39It can only be extended by the Congress.

00:43And if the commitment from the federal government

00:46is to have federal support or officers that assist NPD,

00:53that's a different conversation.

00:55And then I understand you're opening the Joint Information Office Task Force tomorrow,

01:02Joint Information Center tomorrow?

01:03Oh.

01:04Tomorrow? Is that right?

01:06Well, that's kind of an inside government thing.

01:09But it's supposed to help us, though, isn't it?

01:11It is supposed to help us help you.

01:13But what it is, it's just a way of us organizing our comms officials.

01:19We already are doing that, but it puts a little structure around it.

01:25So all of our comms officials across the government are pitching in.

01:28Yeah.