WASHINGTON – Working for the famously impatient President Donald Trump in one top job is hard enough. Imagine the uncomfortable position Trump’s new interim federal police commissioner finds himself in.
As part of his extraordinary Aug. 11 federal takeover of law enforcement in the nation’s capital, Trump tapped his newly confirmed Drug Enforcement Administration chief Terrance "Terry" Cole to also head one of the nation’s largest and most dysfunctional police departments as part of a broader Justice Department takeover.
All eyes will be on Cole as he tries to deliver on Trump’s promise to sharply and immediately reduce violent crime.
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Cole just took over at DEA on July 23 after his Senate confirmation and oversees a staff of 10,000 agents and other personnel.
