Robert J. Contee III (born c. 1972) is the former Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C., United States.

He was appointed by Mayor Muriel Bowser as acting chief effective January 2, 2021,[1] and was confirmed unanimously by the DC Council on May 4, replacing Peter Newsham.

[3] Contee grew up in the Carver Langston neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and worked a series of jobs as a teenager, and took part in then-D.C. Mayor Marion Barry's Youth Leadership Institute, eventually becoming a D.C. police cadet at 17 years old while attending Spingarn High School.

Contee was promoted to lieutenant and subsequently served as a Patrol Services Area leader in the Second District, was assigned to the Regional Operations Command - North, and lead the intelligence branch.

[5] Contee was promoted to Chief of Police by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser on January 2, 2021, just four days prior to the attack on the US Capitol Building.