Isaac Fulwood, Jr. · 1989 Honoree

Isaac Fulwood has acquired the unique perspective of one who was born, raised and spent most of his professional police career on Capitol Hill. Read his substantial resume and it becomes evident that everything he is and has accomplished relates to “his” community and, even more evident, how the entire city of Washington has come to depend on this man’s leadership.

“Ike” Fulwood grew up on the 300 block of Kentucky Avenue, S.E. He was one of nine children raised by South Carolinian parents who were pillars of the Purity Baptist Church on Maryland Avenue, N.E. Discipline was the rule in the Fulwood family.

Young “Junior” Fulwood fondly remembers his childhood days in Southeast Washington. From boyish feats like climbing the catwalk under the Sousa Bridge, to picking peaches and blueberries along the Anacostia River, to dreams of being a professional athlete, to Sunday School every Sunday without fail, his life had a sort of balance that more kids should be lucky enough to call “normal.” He remembers Capitol Hill as an extended family where respect and moral values were focal. “When I grew up, life was eternal,” he says, “we didn’t know we were poor. Unfortunately, for many of our young people, it’s not that way any more.” Ike attended Payne Elementary, Eliot Junior High and Eastern High schools.

On November 23, 1964, Ike received his appointment to the Metropolitan Police Department and was assigned to Capitol Hill’s Fifth Precinct, now 1D-1. It’s little wonder that Officer Fulwood had a special affinity for the community he was assigned to protect. Commendations for his civic work began to pile up as he founded a program at the Southeast Boys Club called “Talk With Ike” to help youngsters deal with the complexities of life.

In 1971, still on Capitol Hill, Officer Fulwood was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. His subsequent duties would see him reassigned to the Seventh District; Internal Affairs; back to (our own) First District; Lieutenant/Patrol Section; Supervisor-in-Charge of the Tactical Unit; Captain/Assistant Director and later Inspector/ Director of the Office of Finance and Management, Deputy Chief/Chief Budget Officer; Commander, Sixth District; Commander, First District; and finally, where he is today, Assistant Chief/ Field Operations Bureau.

As a result of his untiring commitment to the citizenry of the District of Columbia, relentless prosecution of the criminal element and unparalleled abilities in maintaining the public faith and trust, Assistant Chief Fulwood is uniquely poised to lead the Metropolitan Police Department into an important future.

Ask anyone who knows Ike Fulwood and they'll tell you he succeeds because he cares about people. He cares for the men and women under his command and he cares for the residents of the District of Columbia whom he, himself, so nobly serves.

The community of Capitol Hill cares deeply about you, Ike, and is proud of what you have done to distinguish us all.