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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 598 

Recognizing the life and legacy of Isaac ‘‘Ike’’ Fulwood, Jr., Police Chief 

for the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia 

from 1989 to 1992. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 31, 2017 

Ms. NORTON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the life and legacy of Isaac ‘‘Ike’’ Fulwood, 

Jr., Police Chief for the Metropolitan Police Department 

of the District of Columbia from 1989 to 1992. 

Whereas Ike Fulwood was born in the District of Columbia 

on April 28, 1940, and passed away in the District of Columbia on September 1, 2017, at the age of 77; 

Whereas Ike Fulwood was appointed Chief of Police during 

the national crack cocaine crime wave, which was especially serious in the District; 

Whereas Ike Fulwood focused on both high levels of violence 

and on the negative side effects of aggressive law enforcement, especially in the African-American community; 

Whereas Ike Fulwood was one of the first police officials to 

introduce community policing and spoke often about the 


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importance of drug treatment and the inability of police 

alone to prevent crime; 

Whereas Ike Fulwood retired as Chief of Police in 1992; 

Whereas, upon the recommendation of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, President George W. Bush appointed, and the Senate confirmed, Ike Fulwood to the 

United States Parole Commission in 2004, and, upon the 

Congresswoman’s recommendation, President Barack 

Obama designated Ike Fulwood as Commission Chair in 

2009; 

Whereas Ike Fulwood established a 21st-century model for 

the United States Parole Commission; 

Whereas Ike Fulwood, as Chair of the United States Parole 

Commission, instituted best practices, such as alternatives to incarceration and access to mental health programs, graduated sanctions, and allowing offenders to retain jobs and support their families when possible, without the cost of full incarceration at the Federal Bureau 

of Prisons; 

Whereas Ike Fulwood retired from the United States Parole 

Commission in 2015; 

Whereas Ike Fulwood, after retiring as Police Chief, served 

as an adjunct professor on community policing and ethics 

at the University of the District of Columbia; 

Whereas after retiring, Ike Fulwood chaired the District of 

Columbia Commission on Black Men and Boys, which focuses greater attention on the problems of Black men 

and boys, such as high dropout rates from school, high 

crime and absent-father rates, and low marriage rates; 

and 


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Whereas Ike Fulwood is survived by his wife and high school 

sweetheart, the former Ruth Johnson, children Gary and 

Angela, and grandchildren Brayden and Brent: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 

2 the life and legacy of Isaac Fulwood, Jr., and acknowl3 edges his contributions to the District of Columbia, to law 

4 enforcement, to community policing, and to creating a 

5 more peaceful and stable society. 

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