When President Trump said he was demanding authority over Washington D.C. law enforcement on Monday, Mayor Muriel Bowser signaled that the city’s leaders would comply with the emergency declaration by following White House directives. “On a concern scale of zero to ten I’m at about an 11.5,” said Rosa Brooks, a former reserve police officer with the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, who now studies policing policy at Georgetown Law School. The symbolic aspect of it, this is police state territory,” she added, noting that Trump has suggested similar federal authority over law enforcement could be extended to other U.S. cities. Crime is down in Washington, D.C., but still a reality in some neighborhoods Residents across Washington have different takes on crime in their communities. NPR reached out to officials with the District of Columbia Police Union for their view on how the conflict is affecting officers.