Douglas S. DePodesta Named Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Office (Chicago, IL) – Director Christopher Wray has named Douglas S. DePodesta as the special agent in charge of the Chicago Field Office. Mr. DePodesta most recently served as the interim special in charge of the Memphis Field Office in Tennessee.
Mr. DePodesta joined the FBI as a special agent in 2002 and was assigned to the Chicago Field Office, where he worked narcotics investigations. In 2006, he transferred to Chicago’s Technical Program and worked a range of investigations, including gang, drug, public-corruption, counterterrorism, and foreign-counterintelligence matters.
In 2013, Mr. DePodesta was promoted to supervisor of Chicago’s Technical Program. Mr. DePodesta managed all technical matters in the Chicago Field Office.
Mr. DePodesta was promoted in 2016 to chief of the Sensitive Operations Support Unit in the Operational Technology Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He was promoted in 2019 to assistant special agent in charge of the Detroit Field Office, responsible for managing all violent crime, gang, and drug investigations in Michigan.
In 2021, Mr. DePodesta was promoted to section chief in the Finance and Facilities Division at FBI Headquarters, where he was responsible for the portfolio covering field office facilities and for the FBI’s vehicle fleet. He was named interim special agent in charge of the Memphis Field Office in 2023.
Prior to joining the FBI, Mr. DePodesta served nine years as a police officer with the Cincinnati Police Department.
Douglas S. DePodesta Named Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Office
