Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia

The Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, generally simply referred to as the Chief of Police, is the head of the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C. The post is currently held by Robert J. Contee III who assumed the position on January 2, 2021.

Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
Seal of the Metropolitan Police Department
Flag of the District of Columbia
Incumbent
Robert J. Contee III

since January 2, 2021
Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia
Reports toMayor of the District of Columbia
SeatWashington, D.C., U.S.
AppointerMayor of the District of Columbia
PrecursorMajor and Superintendent
Formation1953
First holderRobert V. Murray
Salary$120,100
Websitehttp://MPDC.DC.gov

History

In 1861, the Metropolitan Police Board unanimously chose one of its members, William Benning Webb, to serve as the first chief of the Metropolitan Police, the formal title at the time being "Major and Superintendent".[1]

In 1953 Congress passed the District Government Reorganization Act. It formally abolished the rank and title of Major and Superintendent and replaced it with the position of Chief of Police. Robert V. Murray would be the last Major and Superintendent and the first Chief of Police of the MPD.[2]

The Metropolitan Police has a comprehensive list online of past and present police chiefs.

Heads of the Metropolitan Police

Chief of Police

  • Robert Contee (interim) January 2021 
  • Peter Newsham May 2017  January 2021
  • Peter Newsham (interim) September 2016  May 2017
  • Cathy L. Lanier January 2007  September 2016
  • Charles H. Ramsey April 1998  December 2006
  • Sonya Proctor (interim) November 1997  April 1998
  • Larry Soulsby July 1995  November 1997
  • Fred Thomas December 1992  July 1995
  • Isaac Fulwood July 1989  September 1992
  • Maurice T. Turner, Jr. July 1981  July 1989
  • Burtell M. Jefferson January 1978  June 1981[3]
  • Maurice J. Cullinane December 1974  January 1978
  • Jerry V. Wilson August 1969  September 1974
  • John B. Layton December 1964  July 1969
  • Robert V. Murray December 1951  December 1964

Major and Superintendent

  • Robert V. Murray December 1951  December 1964
  • Robert J. Barrett July 1947  November 1951
  • Harvey G. Callahan February 1941  June 1947
  • Edward J. Kelly November 1941  February 1946
  • Ernest W. Brown October 1932  November 1941
  • Pelham D. Glassford November 1931  October 1932
  • Henry G. Pratt April 1929  November 1931
  • Edwin B. Hesse October 1925  April 1929
  • Daniel Sullivan February 1922  October 1925
  • Harry L. Gessford April 1920  December 1921
  • Raymond W. Pullman April 1915  February 1920
  • Richard H. Sylvester July 1898  April 1915
  • William C. Moore December 1886  July 1898
  • Samuel H. Walker July 1886  December 1886
  • William McEntyre Dye April 1883  June 1886
  • William G. Brock December 1879  April 1883
  • Thomas P. Morgan February 1878  November 1879
  • A. C. Richards December 1864  January 1878
  • William Benning Webb September 1861  November 1864

References

  1. MPDC. "William B. Webb". mpdc.dc.gov. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  2. MPDC. "Robert V. Murray". mpdc.dc.gov. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  3. Williams, Brian N.; Kellough, J. Edward (2006-11-15). Riccucci, Norma M. (ed.). "Leadership with an Enduring Impact: The Legacy of Chief Burtell Jefferson of the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C." (PDF). Public Administration Review. 66 (6): 813–822. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00650.x. ISSN 1540-6210. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
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