A retired Deputy Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department and former Chief of Police at the Supreme Court of the United States. With over 43 years in law enforcement, he has commanded large teams, taught ethics at Johns Hopkins and American University, and was awarded the Fulbright Scholarship to work with Scotland Yard. He holds three master’s degrees and has published over 35 articles on policing. Known for transforming police culture through ethical leadership, Swope was the sole officer invited to keynote the DOJ’s National Symposium on Police Integrity, later influencing reform efforts in Los Angeles following the Rampart scandal.