Lynchburg Police Chief Ryan M. Zuidema accepted a new role as police chief for Wilmington, NC, according to city officials.

(WSET) — Lynchburg Police Chief Ryan Zuidema has been appointed as the new police chief of Wilmington, North Carolina. The announcement was made during a Wilmington City Council meeting Tuesday evening. Zuidema began his career with the Lynchburg Police Department in 1997 and was appointed chief in 2018.

Michael Sullivan was just settling into his role as chief of the Capitol Police when President Donald Trump shined a bright light on law enforcement in the nation’s capital. Trump’s move to exert emergency powers over local police and deploy the National Guard has been felt throughout the District, as Sullivan can attest.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb are forcefully rejecting U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s late-night order attempting to sideline the local D.C. police chief, calling it unlawful and beyond federal authority.

After a judge threatened to block an order federalizing Washington’s police, the Justice Department issued a new directive leaving the city’s police chief in charge, for now.

A fight over city officers in the nation's capital has escalated to a lawsuit filed by Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb against President Donald Trump, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi,

Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes was reportedly eating lunch yards away when masked robbers stole $2 million in diamonds and Rolex watches from a West Seattle jewelry store.

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order Thursday that amounted to a reversal of "sanctuary" policies in D.C. The District sued over the order Friday.