Andre Wright currently serves as the Executive Assistant Chief for Patrol Operations, which oversees Patrol Services North (PSN), Patrol Services South (PSS) and the Youth and Family Engagement Bureau (YFEB). He was promoted to this new position by Chief of Police Pamela A. Smith on September 18, 2024.
Assistant Chief Andre Wright began his career with the Metropolitan Police Department in 1994. After graduating from the Academy, he was assigned as an officer in the Sixth District. He eventually was promoted to investigator and assigned to the Major Narcotics Division and was one of seven investigators assigned to the Citywide Gun Recovery Unit within the Narcotics and Special Investigations Division. He was then assigned to the Violent Crimes section where he closed numerous cases.
When promoted to lieutenant, Wright led the warrant squad to achieve the highest number of arrests of all warrant squad units across districts. Assistant Chief Wright also led the Seventh District Focus Mission Team whose work and impact in the Seventh District led to the two-time receipt of the Unit Citation Award. Upon being promoted to detective sergeant and detective lieutenant, Wright significantly increased closure rates over a one-year period and two-year period, respectively. As lieutenant, he led the crime reduction strategy in PSA 403, which received the PSA of the Year Award, and he was one of three lieutenants selected to manage the Patrol Service Bureau.
Wright later served as captain of the Criminal Investigations Division, District Detectives Investigative Branch and the Special Investigations Branch.
Assistant Chief Wright's first post as commander was heading up the Youth and Family Services Division within the Metropolitan Police Department. The Youth and Family Services Division is the division responsible for investigating child abuse and neglect, child sexual abuse and exploitation (including child pornography and prostitution), juvenile missing persons and parental kidnapping, and persons in need of supervision. He was later assigned to the Seventh District, which includes much of the Southeast quadrant of the city, including the neighborhoods of Anacostia, Barry Farm, Naylor Gardens and Washington Highlands.
In May 2021, Wright was promoted to assistant chief of Patrol Services South, which includes the First, Sixth, and Seventh police districts. He served in that role until July 2023, when he assumed leadership of the Youth and Family Engagement BureauYouth and Family Engagement Bureau.