Jeffery W. Carroll was named Interim Chief of Police of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) by Mayor Muriel Bowser on December 17, 2025. Chief Carroll joined MPD in 2002, rising through the ranks and spending nearly half his career serving communities across the District of Columbia in patrol services, before moving into management and later leadership positions over specialized functions.
Before his appointment as Interim Chief of Police, Carroll served as the Executive Assistant Chief of Specialized Operations since November 2023, overseeing four of the Department’s non-patrol bureaus.
From April to November 2023, Carroll served as Assistant Chief of the Internal Affairs Bureau, managing the Internal Affairs, Court Liaison, and Risk Management units.
In 2017, Carroll was promoted to Assistant Chief of the Homeland Security Bureau. For six years, he directed MPD’s intelligence and operational functions to ensure the District’s preparedness against threats and critical incidents. In this role, he served as Incident Commander for major events in the District of Columbia, including numerous National Special Security Events, the 2021 Presidential Inauguration, MPD’s response to the riot at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, state funerals, and other high-profile events. In this role Carroll also served as the Chair of the MPD Use of Force Review Board and the MPD representative and Vice Chairman of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Government’s Police Chiefs Committee.
Prior to being appointed an assistant chief, Carroll commanded the Special Operations Division (SOD) from 2015 to 2017, overseeing units including the Emergency Response Team, Explosive Ordinance Division, Harbor Patrol, Canine Unit, Major Crash Unit, Horse Mounted Unit, and the Special Events Unit. In this position Carroll served as MPD’s lead planner for the 2017 Presidential Inauguration.
From his first police assignment in the Third District in June 2002 to serving as a Captain in the Sixth District throughout 2014, Carroll spent almost 12 years serving District residents of the First, Third, and Sixth Districts, in addition to supporting the Assistant Chief of Patrol Operations while a sergeant. From Columbia Heights to U Street, Columbia Heights, Hill East, Deanwood, and Marshall Heights, Carroll has walked the streets and engaged with residents and businesses throughout District neighborhoods.
Carroll holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Anthropology from Towson University and a graduate certificate in Criminal Justice Education from the University of Virginia. He is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Academy and the Police Executive Research Forum’s Senior Management Institute for Police. He also earned a master’s degree in Security and Safety Leadership from George Washington University in 2017.