Davis currently serves as the 11th Police Chief for the
Fairfax County Police Department, Virginia’s largest local police agency and the nation’s 33rd largest. Davis started his career with the
Prince George's County Police Department in 1992. He rose through the ranks before ultimately being promoted to the Assistant Police Chief in 2009. He retired from the Prince George’s County Police Department and then served as the Police Chief of the
Anne Arundel County Police Department in 2013 and 2014. In January 2015, he was appointed as Deputy Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department, serving under Commissioner
Anthony Batts. In July 2015, Davis was appointed as the 39th Police Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department, following a period of historic unrest and during the Department of Justice’s civil rights investigation. Davis negotiated a federal court-ordered consent decree with DOJ during a presidential transition of power. Davis later stated that serving as commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department was an "honor of his lifetime". He served as the Commissioner until he was fired in January 2018. On May 3, 2021, Davis was named as the Police Chief of the
Fairfax County Police Department, an agency recognized as the safest large jurisdiction in America. Davis has substantial crisis leadership experience in the national spotlight. Davis has built a reputation as a collaborative leader and consensus builder amongst diverse community groups, faith communities, elected officials, law enforcement peers and business partners. Recently asked by the
French National Police to detail police officers to the
2024 Olympics in Paris, Davis partnered with the
Embassy of France to participate along with just three other police departments from the United States. == Personal life ==