The report, which the White House called "out of touch," asserted that Guard troops have been deployed in "the wrong places for the wrong types of crime."

The Trump administration already announced a "summer surge" of federal law enforcement, like the National Guard, to keep people safe.

A new study found that the National Guard in D.C. has had no effect on violent crime. News4’s Jackie Bensen unpacks it.

The National Guard, while responsible for providing some deterrence, particularly for property crimes, showed the "promise and limits of presence-based policing," the report reads.

The nearly 10-month presence of National Guard troops in Washington has not helped reduce violent crime in the nation’s capital, according to a new study from the Niskanen Center, a Washington policy

The surge of National Guard troops in D.C. hasn’t deterred violent crime, according to a report from a D.C. think tank. News4’s Erika Gonzalez spoke with one of the co-authors of that report.

President Donald Trump has often claimed credit for D.C.’s recent drop in crime, going so far as to say that his surge of National Guard troops to the nation’s capital was able to “solve the problem.” Many Democratic politicians see nothing but a waste of resources that accomplished nothing.

A new study has found the National Guard deployment has not slowed down violent crime in Washington DC, but it has had some benefits.