Steven Sund
Steven A. Sund is the tenth Chief of the United States Capitol Police.Education
Sund received a B.S. and M.S. from Johns Hopkins University, and a M.A. in Homeland Security from the Naval Postgraduate School.Career
Sund was sworn in as the tenth Chief of Police in June 2019. He joined the United States Capitol Police in 2017 as the Assistant Chief of Police and Chief of Operations.
Sund served with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia for more than 25 years. He retired from Metropolitan Police Department as the Commander of the Special Operations Division, within the Homeland Security Bureau. In this assignment, then-Commander Sund oversaw a number of specialized units to include the Emergency Response Team; Aviation and Harbor Units; Horse Mounted and Canine Units; Special Events/Dignitary Protection Branch; Major Crash and Commercial Motor Carrier Enforcement; Automated Traffic Enforcement, and the Domestic Security Operations Unit. During his career, Sund coordinated a number of National Special Security Events by the Department of Homeland Security, to include the 2001, 2005, 2009, and 2013 presidential inaugurations.
Sund is a recognized expert in critical incident management and active shooter preparedness and response. His experience involved being the on-scene incident commander on the 2009 shooting at the National Holocaust Museum, the 2012 shooting at the Family Research Council, and the 2013 active shooter incident at the Washington Navy Yard. Sund has also handled criminal barricade and hostage situations.
Sund has been an instructor with the United States Secret Service in the area of major events planning and has taught Incident Command System at the George Washington University as an adjunct professor. Prior to coming to the United States Capitol Police, he worked in the private sector for a nonprofit science, technology, and strategy organization as a director in the area of National Security and Intelligence.
