D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says she understands why some District leaders are sounding the alarm over crime, but she is noncommittal about a proposal to call in the National Guard.
as a long-term solution to the District’s crime problems, telling The Washington Times, through a spokesperson, that his proposal also calls for a combination of jobs programs and housing as well as more active parenting and stronger community ties.deployment roughly three decades ago provided more technical assistance than direct help in fighting crime.
Roughly two dozen guard members were actived in 1990 to help repair police cruisers and set up roadblocks and streetlights for the Metro Orange Coalition, whose safety patrols wore orange hats while walking crime-ridden neighborhoods. News reports said the soldiers were involved in the city’s public safety apparatus as late as 1997. Although the soldiers were in uniform, none of the reports mentioned armed troops.to take a more aggressive role in fighting the crime crisis.
Residents called on D.C. Mayor Marion Barry to request the guard in 1988 during a surge of homicides, largely driven by the burgeoning crack cocaine trade. The homicide rate jumped from 245 in 1987 to 380 in 1988, but the mayor said, “The city is not out of control.” After homicides peaked at 509 in 1991, D.C. Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly asked President Clinton in 1993 to allow her to call up a more robust“We can’t do anything about it. We need military help,” Ms. Kelly said in an interview with local Fox affiliate WTTG, according to video archives retrieved by the station. “I’m the chief executive of the District of Columbia.
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