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Bowser installs Smith’s No. 2 to take over as interim MPD police chief

By Ross O'Keefe

Published December 18, 2025 10:32am ET

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Jeffery Carroll will be Washington, D.C.’s interim Metropolitan Police Department chief, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday.

Carroll will succeed MPD chief Pamela Smith after she leaves the department at the end of 2025.

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