Gary Tuggle
Tuggle succeeded De Sousa as acting commissioner on May 11, 2018, when he was placed on paid suspension after an indictment for tax evasion.
He announced he did not seek to become permanent commissioner in October, saying he did not have sufficient commitment; Michael S. Harrison was appointed to replace him in January 2019 and sworn in two months later.
He served as an assistant special agent in charge of the Washington Field Division, managing the Baltimore office, from 2012[d] to 2015.
[1][2] On July 30, 2015, the DEA announced Tuggle's appointment as head of the Philadelphia Field Division, replacing David Dongilli.
[1][3] On February 17, 2016, the DEA, in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and local police, announced the seizure of US$488,000 in heroin and handguns and US$40,000 in cash near Newark, Delaware.
[4][5][6] He was appointed as vice chairman of the executive board of the Philadelphia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area on August 19, 2017.
Tuggle became acting commissioner on May 11, after De Sousa was indicted for tax evasion and placed on paid suspension by mayor Catherine Pugh.
[2][18] Under Tuggle, the BPD began implementing a ShotSpotter system, where sensors on buildings quickly alert nearby police officers to gunfire.
[25] Tuggle announced that he was not seeking to become permanent commissioner on October 9, saying that while he believed the BPD's consent decree could be resolved, it would "take an extended commitment – I'm going to say five to seven years" that he did not have.
[26] Two days later, BPD chief spokesman T.J. Smith resigned, citing an "unstable environment" and "political turmoil".
[27] On November 16, Pugh announced that Fort Worth Police Department chief Joel Fitzgerald was appointed as permanent commissioner to replace Tuggle.
[28] After Fitzgerald withdrew from consideration due to résumé issues and a medical emergency with his son, she appointed Michael S. Harrison, the chief of the New Orleans Police Department, on January 8, 2019.
