Veteran police officer Jeffery Carroll will take over as interim chief of Washington's police force, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday, after it was announced earlier this month that the department's leader was stepping down.
Carroll, who joined the Metropolitan Police Department in 2002, takes over as a federal law enforcement surge is underway in the nation's capital, launched by President Donald Trump in August. Trump's Republican administration says the operation is meant to tackle crime rates that for years were surging but had been on the decline.
In his current role as executive assistant chief of specialized operations, Carroll is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the department. He was appointed to the position by outgoing police Chief Pamela Smith in 2023.
