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Bethesda, MD- Main Campus

Emergency:
On Campus: (301) 496-9911
Campus Phone: 911

Non-Emergency:
On Campus:(301) 496-5685
Campus Phone: ​311

NIH Police Office
Building 31, Room B3B17
31 Center Drive MSC 2012
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2012
Phone: 301-496-2387
Fax: 301-402-0394
Email: policechief@nih.gov​

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Executive Staff Bios

Chief Cleveland Spruill, Sr.

Chief Cleveland Spruill, Sr. joined the NIH Division of Police on November 6, 2023, after more than 33 years of experience serving in community-oriented, reform-minded law enforcement agencies.

Chief Spruill began his law enforcement career with the Alexandria Police Department where he served for nearly 27 years rising to the level of Deputy Chief of Police.  He implemented an information-based model of policing called the Strategic Response System (SRS) that uses technology to closely monitor crime patterns to inform the strategic deployment of personnel and resources to confront crime.  Alexandria reached 40-year crime lows during 2013 and 2014 after SRS was incorporated.  Chief Spruill was then hired as the Chief of Police for the Huntersville Police Department in North Carolina where he again implemented SRS. Under the SRS model, Huntersville reached record low crime rates during all four years of Chief Spruill's tenure. 

Chief Spruill moved on to serve as the Chief of Police in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia for five years and then he served at the University of the District of Columbia, where he was the Chief of Police and Public Safety Director.  

Chief Spruill is a graduate of the 217th Session of the FBI National Academy for Law Enforcement Executives, the Police Executive Research Forum's Senior Management Institute for Police and the University of Richmond Robins School of Business Professional Executive Leadership Program. He earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master's degree in business management from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He also holds an associate's degree in criminal justice from Northern Virginia Community College.

Chief Spruill is a member of the Police Executive Research Forum, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, and the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police. 

Chief Spruill has three adult children and two grandchildren. During his spare time, he enjoys participating in church youth mentoring programs and coaching youth football.


Deputy Chief Leslie M. Campbell

Deputy Chief Leslie M. Campbell joined the NIH Division of Police in January 2017, after 25 years of service with the Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) where he achieved the rank of Deputy Chief of Police before his retirement in May 2016.  During his tenure with the MTPD, he served in numerous challenging and rewarding assignments.

He began his career in the MTPD Field Operations Bureau as a patrol officer and patrol sergeant. In February 2002, then Lieutenant Campbell served as the MTPD Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Infrastructure Development where he was responsible for program implementation and management of WMATA's Weapons of Mass Destruction mitigation programs, to include WMATA's Program for Response Options and Technology Enhancements against Chemical-Biological Terrorism (PROTECT).  Deputy Chief Campbell also managed WMATA's environment sampling program (Bio Watch), and he spearheaded WMATA's acquisition of bomb-resistant trash receptacles.  

In October 2004, Lieutenant Campbell was assigned as the MTPD liaison officer to the National Operations Center and served as the intelligence watch officer representing the MTPD, at various federal, State, and local intelligence fusion centers in the National Capital Region. 

In September 2005, Captain Campbell was assigned to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Joint Terrorism Task Force (NJTTF) as the Mass Transportation Liaison.  In this assignment, he facilitated the dissemination of intelligence to mass transportation industry law enforcement and security stakeholders. He established and managed NJTTF's transit sector related programs such as the Connecting Communities Public Transportation Emergency Preparedness Workshop, the FBI NJTTF Rail Liaison Agent Program and the Mass Transit Police Chiefs Secure Video Teleconference Intelligence Briefing.

In July 2010, Captain Campbell was assigned as the MTPD District One Commander where he helped the Department implement the CompStat crime control model.   District One realized an immediate drop in violent and property crime during his tenure as the District Commander.

In May 2011, Captain Campbell was promoted to Deputy Chief of Police.  During his tenure as Deputy Chief of Police, he held commands for the Homeland Security Intelligence and Investigations Bureau, the Administrative Services Bureau, and the Executive Office of the Chief. Under his leadership, the MTPD acquired a state of the art Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management System, implemented Electronic Field Reporting, established security requirements for the Metrorail Silver Line, and led the effort to change the crime of indecent exposure from a misdemeanor to a probable cause misdemeanor in the District of Columbia.

Deputy Chief Campbell holds a Bachelor's Degree in Administration of Criminal Justice from George Mason University and a Master's Degree in National Security Studies and Homeland Defense from the United States Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, a member of the International Chiefs of Police, a member of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, and a member of the National Domestic Preparedness Coalition.