Tarrick McGuire, DPA
A native of Dallas, TX, Tarrick McGuire is the 16th Chief of Police for the Alexandria Police Department, bringing over 20 years of law enforcement experience after beginning his career with the Arlington (TX) Police Department in 2003. He advanced to Assistant Chief in Arlington in 2022, overseeing community engagement, crime reduction, unmanned aircraft systems, and youth mentorship.
A nationally recognized authority on evidence-based policing and community relations, Chief McGuire created the Mentoring Arlington Youth program in 2015. The initiative reduced crime, decreased racial disparities in arrests and school discipline, and was adopted by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) COPS Office as a national model for 21st Century Policing.
In 2016, he served as an IACP Law Enforcement Fellow in Washington, DC, partnering with the DOJ COPS Office, the Obama White House Administration, and CNA. He was appointed to the National Policing Institute’s Council on Police Reform and Race in 2020 and has served as chair of the IACP Juvenile Justice & Child Protection Committee.
His work has earned him widespread national recognition, including induction into the Evidence-Based Policing Hall of Fame, selection as one of the IACP’s Top 40 Under 40 progressive police leaders, the DOJ COPS Office Anthony L. Sutin Award, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Governmental Leadership.
Chief McGuire holds a Doctor of Public Administration from California Baptist University, an MA in Christian Leadership from Criswell College, and a BS in Speech Communications from Oklahoma State University.