India, Aug. 14 -- Federal agents deployed in Washington, DC will be out for patrolling during the day as well as night, the White House said, adding that a "significantly higher" presence of guard members was expected on Wednesday night.

The administration said that small groups of federal officers were visible in scattered areas of Washington for the past couple of days, while asserting that this was about to change, the Associated Press reported.

This comes after the federal law enforcement and city police officers made 23 arrests on the first day of the federal takeover of the police department of the US capital.

However, DC council member Christina Henderson said the arrests were due to "a bunch of traffic stops". ""I'm looking at ...