DeKalb County CEO appoints Gregory Padrick as police chief

Gregory Padrick DeKalb Police Facebook page DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson has appointed Gregory Padrick as chief of police Padrick has served the DeKalb County Police Department for years according to the announcement made on Dec Since February Padrick had served as interim police chief after former chief Mirtha Ramos DeKalb s first female and longest serving police chief in over years stepped down Join us in celebrating the appointment of Gregory Padrick as DeKalb County s new Chief of Police Cochran-Johnson declared in a comment We look forward to his leadership and commitment to populace safety as we continue moving our county forward Earlier this year Cochran-Johnson held a press conference about her plans to invest million in recruitment efforts after the police department had lost hundreds of officers During the February conference she noted that staffing was down to officers and the department needed to have about During a November populace safety meeting Padrick shared that the county invested million in E- upgrades to provide state-of-the-art call-taking and dispatching which has improved the county s overall on-site call response times by more than percent in eight months Padrick a U S Marine Corps veteran and FBI National Academy graduate previously held key roles across the Uniform Division and Criminal Inspection Division rising from patrol officer to commander in both areas His experience spans homicide auto theft narcotics HIDTA intelligence and major scenario investigations as well as roles in Internal Affairs and the Office of the Chief I am deeply honored to continue serving the residents of DeKalb County Padrick commented in a report Our department is filled with exceptional professionals and I look forward to strengthening community trust enhancing safety and advancing innovative policing The post DeKalb County CEO appoints Gregory Padrick as police chief appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta