Success! You're on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Processing… Mayor Muriel Bowser ignored calls for community engagement and a national search for D.C.’s next top cop, and instead opted to promote a career Metropolitan Police Department official, Robert Contee III. Contee is currently the assistant chief of the investigative services bureau and started his career as a cadet with MPD when he was 17. He will replace Chief Peter Newsham, also a career MPD officer, who took a job as the chief in Prince William County, Virginia.