IV 
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 Co-
lumbia 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 espe-
cially serious in the District; 
Whereas Ike Fulwood focused on both high levels of violence 
and on the negative side effects of aggressive law enforce-
ment, 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 Elea-
nor Holmes Norton, President George W. Bush ap-
pointed, 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 alter-
natives to incarceration and access to mental health pro-
grams, graduated sanctions, and allowing offenders to re-
tain jobs and support their families when possible, with-
out 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 fo-
cuses 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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 
the life and legacy of Isaac Fulwood, Jr., and acknowl-
edges his contributions to the District of Columbia, to law 
enforcement, to community policing, and to creating a 
more peaceful and stable society. 
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