D.C.’s new acting chief of police takes over the department at a tumultuous time for the city with a police force facing a range of challenges.
Acting Chief Jeff Carroll has been No. 2 at the Metropolitan Police Department since Pamela Smith became chief in 2023. Last week, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Carroll was her choice for interim chief.
“As I do take over as the interim chief, I want to take a review of all the policies that we have to see if there are things that need to be updated and changed,” Carroll said. “We’re going to continue, as the mayor’s order indicates, to work with our federal partners that are out there, but we are not working with ICE. We are not on teams with ICE that’s out there. We are working with our other federal partners that are out there in the community.”…