About OIG
The Inspector General is the senior official responsible for audits, investigations, and other oversight activities relating to USCP programs and operations. The Office of Inspector General provides leadership in promoting economy and effectiveness in USCP programs and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse. The IG's priorities have been to serve as an independent and trusted contributor related to the value and safety of USCP’s mission and operations; and to improve the management and financial integrity of the Department’s programs.
Inspector General David Harper
David T. Harper has been the United States Capitol Police (USCP) Inspector General (IG) since February 2, 2024. Prior to joining the USCP, Mr. Harper served as the Inspector General for the Florida Department of Financial Services.
As the IG for the Florida Department of Financial Services (DFS), Harper led the efforts to provide oversight to the 13 DFS divisions, including the law enforcement Division of Investigations and Forensic Services and Division of Public Assistance Fraud. His primary purpose was to bring value to the organization. He had responsibility for protecting the public trust & instilling confidence in state government by ensuring integrity & accountability, while promoting efficiency & effectiveness in governance through audits, inspections & investigations.
Prior to his role as the DFS IG, Mr. Harper served as the IG for the City of Albuquerque, a city with a population of more than a half million people and more than 6,000 City employees. Like DFS, Harper had responsibility of protecting the public trust in Albuquerque, and to promote accountability, integrity, ethics, efficiencies, and effectiveness.
In 2016, Harper retired from a lengthy federal law enforcement career with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI), where he most recently served as the Chief, Economic Crime Desk, at Marine Corps Base Quantico. He spent 35 years as a Special Agent for OSI, where he primarily investigated allegations of fraud and financial crime. Prior to his civil service career with OSI, he served nine years on active duty with the Air Force, as a military OSI agent and as a Security Policeman, where he was responsible for providing protection of a sensitive facility with the former 6912th Electronic Security Group at Tempelhof Central Airport, (West) Berlin, Germany, and the Minuteman Missile system at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota.
Harper has served in several professional volunteer roles, to include on the Association of Inspectors General (AIG) National Board and as the manager for the AIG Certified Inspector General Investigator course. He has also served as the Vice President and Director of Training for the Tallahassee Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and as a board member of the New Mexico Chapter of ACFE.
Harper holds a Masters of Public Administration degree from California State University, Dominguez Hills and a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Sacramento State University (“Sac State”). He has received several awards from his military and civil service, to include the Army of Occupation Medal and the Air Force Outstanding Civilian Service Award and is the recipient of the Criminal Justice Alumni Distinguished Leadership and Service Award, for Leadership in Fraud and Financial Crimes, from Sac State, Division of Criminal Justice.
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