Assistant Chief of Police Jeffrey Kopp serves as the Assistant Chief of Patrol Services North for the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), overseeing the daily patrol operations in the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Police Districts, as well as the activities of the Special Liaison Branch and Reserve Corps. With nearly two decades of service, he brings extensive operational, investigative, and executive experience to MPD’s leadership team.
Since joining MPD in 2007, Assistant Chief Kopp has served in a broad range of assignments across the department, beginning his career as a patrol officer in the Rosedale neighborhood of what was then the First District. As an officer in the First District, Assistant Chief Kopp honed his skills as a police officer and learned to listen to and work with the community to provide a sense of safety and security in their neighborhoods. As an officer, Assistant Chief Kopp also served as a Field Training Officer, taking great pride in training and mentoring our newest officers.
Over the course of his career, Assistant Chief Kopp has been extremely honored to serve the department and the citizens in a variety of different roles. As a sergeant, Assistant Chief Kopp provided front-line supervision and leadership to patrol officers in the Fifth District on a daily basis, while also overseeing the district’s Field Training Program, before being transferred to the Special Operations Division’s Canine Unit. There, Assistant Chief Kopp oversaw the daily deployment and training of the department’s canine corps, and participated in large scale special events and civil disturbances, First Amendment assemblies, and VIP movements.
As a lieutenant, Assistant Chief Kopp led a Patrol Service Area in the Fifth District before transferring to the Criminal Investigations Division to oversee and guide investigations at the Fourth District Detectives Unit and the Sexual Assault Unit. After being promoted to captain, Assistant Chief Kopp had the distinct privilege of overseeing criminal investigations at all seven District Detectives Units, as well as the newly formed Carjacking Task Force, before overseeing child physical and sexual abuse cases and missing persons cases at the Youth and Family Services Division.
Promoted to commander in 2023, Assistant Chief Kopp led the Violent Crime Suppression Division, overseeing a wide range of citywide undercover and plain clothes operations meant to disrupt violent crime and criminal drug organizations operating in the city. Here, Assistant Chief Kopp gained experience in proactive robbery suppression, narcotics and prostitution enforcement, fugitive apprehension, firearms trafficking, and long-term federal task force operations.
Assistant Chief Kopp has also contributed to advancing departmental innovation and training, including service on the working group that redesigned MPD’s field training program, and participation in the body‑worn camera pilot program and subsequent full department roll out.
Assistant Chief Kopp is a graduate of the DC Police Leadership Academy, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Drug Unit Commanders Academy (Class 83), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Executive Institute (Session 48) and is an active member of the International Association of Chief’s of Police. He proudly served in the United States Marine Corps from 2003 to 2014 as an infantryman in both the active and reserve components, attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant and deploying to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Guided by a deep commitment to service, Assistant Chief Kopp is dedicated to supporting the men and women of MPD, building strong partnerships with the community, and leveraging innovation and technology to enhance public safety across the District of Columbia.