STEVEN A. SUND is a 30-year law enforcement leader with extensive experience in crisis response, incident command, and National Special Security Events (NSSE). He served as chief of the United States Capitol Police and as a longtime commander with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., where he led some of the nation’s most complex and high-risk security operations.
Sund planned and executed security for more than thirty national special security events (NSSEs), coordinating across federal, state, local, military, and intelligence agencies to protect national leaders, critical infrastructure, and large public gatherings. His account in "Courage Under Fire" has been cited in congressional hearings and official records and has been referred to on Capitol Hill as the definitive after-action account of January 6. Sund continues to teach, advise, and speak on leadership, preparedness, and decision-making in high-stakes environments.
