Michael L. Chapman


Michael L. Chapman is a law enforcement executive who is the current sheriff of Loudoun County, Virginia.

Early life

Chapman was born in Washington, D.C. and began his law enforcement career with the Howard County Police Department in 1978. Chapman joined the Drug Enforcement Administration in 1985, and retired in 2008. Chapman was elected as Sheriff in Loudoun County, Virginia, in November 2011, officially taking office in January 2012.. He has since been re-elected in 2015 and 2019, beginning his third term in January, 2020.
Chapman has a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Maryland, and a Masters in Public Administration from Troy University, Alabama.

Sheriff of Loudoun County

Chapman has prioritized initiatives in the areas of service, technology, efficiency and professionalism in all of his campaigns for election. Some of his most notable initiatives have been providing Crisis Intervention Team training for all sworn deputies and dispatchers, collaborating with mental health providers to open the Crisis Intervention Team Assessment Center, expanding the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program to include elementary and middle schools, establishing the a multi-disciplinary team to reduce opioid issues, instituting a Cold Case Initiative to revitalize investigation of unsolved crimes, and expanding education and outreach programs to include internet safety, prescription and synthetic drug awareness, and the dangers of vaping.

National Positions

Chapman has held national-level leadership positions with the Major County Sheriff's of America, the National Sheriffs' Association, and the D.A.R.E. Executive Law Enforcement Advisory Board. In 2020, Chapman was appointed Chair of the Homeland Security Working Group on the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice