Inspector Sumwalt started his policing career in 1992 with the NYS Park Police where he worked in the NYC and Long Island Regions. He was hired by the Suffolk County Police Department in 1995 and upon graduating from the Police Academy was assigned to the Fifth Precinct. While assigned as an officer in the Fifth, he worked in the Patrol, COPE, and Precinct Crime Sections and then as an investigator in the Fifth Squad Detectives. Upon promotion to Sergeant he remained in the Fifth Precinct assigned to patrol until his transfer to the Office of the Chief of Patrol. In 2010, Inspector Sumwalt was designated to the rank of Detective Sergeant where he would go on to serve in the Seventh Squad Detectives Section, Computer Crimes Section, and the Office of the Chief of Detectives before his eventual promotion to Lieutenant where he served in the Office of the Chief of Department and Sixth Precinct Crime Section. As a Detective Lieutenant he served as the Commanding Officer of the Technical Services Section. Upon his promotion to Captain, Inspector Sumwalt was transferred to the Internal Affairs Bureau. He was promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector in August of 2018 and served as the Executive Officer of the Third Precinct and as Commanding Officer of the Major Crimes and Special Patrol Bureaus. In February 2022, Sumwalt was promoted to the rank of Inspector and assigned to the Fifth Precinct. Inspector Sumwalt is graduated from Long Island University with a BA, Saint John’s University with a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice Leadership and the 242nd Session of the F.B.I. National Academy.