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Washington, D.C., Metro Police Chief Robert J. Contee said goodbye to the department he has spent over three decades with during a walk out ceremony Wednesday.
“I have all the faith in the world that you guys will continue to be a great agency and that whatever chief comes in, this department behind me will inherit committed, capable, confident, compassionate people," he said in a farewell speech to the agency, WUSA-TV reports. "I’m also very honored to have served with you for all these years. Thank you for what you have done.”
Contee was leaving the D.C. police department to join the FBI as the assistant director of the Office of Partner Engagement. He had been with the Metro Police Department for over three decades, joining the police cadet program as a 17-year-old high school student in 1989. He began serving as interim chief in January 2021, days before the Jan. 6 insurrection and was named permanent chief in May of that year.
“Just watching him work over the last few years has been eye-opening,” said interim Police Chief Ashan Benedict. “Being the police chief of the nation’s capital is unrelenting. The pull away from the family is constant.”