D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Monday named Pamela A. Smith as the District’s next police chief, nominating a former U.S. Park Police chief who recently joined the D.C. department at a time ...

D.C.’s ‘pistol-packin’ preacher’ marks one year as police chief. Pamela A. Smith has projected a brand of leadership focused on executing behind the scenes, not performing in front of the ...

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, Police Chief Pamela Smith, and Executive Assistant Police Chief Jeffery Carroll held a… October 6, 2023 Police and Community Advocates Speak at Faith and ...

Pamela A. Smith takes the oath as the Metropolitan Police Department’s acting chief. (Courtesy DC government) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has nominated former U.S. Park Police chief Pamela A. Smith ...

Pamela Smith made history on July 19 when she received the nomination to become the very first Black female chief of police in Washington, District of Columbia. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser made the ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The D.C. Council unanimously voted to confirm Pamela Smith as the next Chief of Police for the Metropolitan Police Department during a meeting on Tuesday. This vote makes ...

Pamela A. Smith was chosen as the next chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday. Sat, 24 May 2025 22:46:36 GMT (1748126796641) Story Infinite ...

In the three months Pamela Smith has served as D.C.’s acting police chief, the self-described “pistol packing preacher” has undoubtedly shown that she has style.

Pamela A. Smith, former chief of the U.S. Park Police, was nominated by Mayor Muriel Bowser to lead the police department in Washington. The D.C. Council must confirm the choice.

Lorraine Walker of D.C. said that crime isn’t down at all in her mind but she gives the chief high marks for trying to make a difference. She appreciates Smith’s efforts, she said.