The Gwinnett County Police Department is the main law enforcement agency in Gwinnett County, Georgia. The department has about a thousand employees with 878 sworn law enforcement officers.[1] The Chief of Police is J.D. McClure.[2]
History
The department has suffered five officers killed in its history.[3] Three of them were murdered on April 17th, 1964 in a single attack.[4] The department had about a dozen officers at the time.[4] Three of them were driving home in one car when they came upon three men who were stripping a stolen car for parts. The bodies of Officers Ralph King Davis, Jerry Everett, and Marvin Gravitt were found bound in their own handcuffs and shot with their own guns.[5] Venson Williams and Alec Evans were sentenced to death. Both sentences were commuted to life in 1971. Williams was released on parole in 1989. Evans died in prison in 2016, having served fifty years for the murder. The third man, Wade Truett cooperated with government in exchange for immunity.[4]
In 2019, the department was featured on episodes of the police documentary television series The First 48.[6]
Organization
The department is organized with two bureaus and four divisions: Administrative Services, Support Operations, Criminal Investigations and Uniform Divisions.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Official Web Page". Gwinnett County. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ↑ "Organization". Gwinnett County. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ↑ "Search Results for Gwinnett County". Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- 1 2 3 Yeomans, Curt (13 August 2016). "Man involved in gruesome 1964 murder of Gwinnett cops dies in prison". Gwinnett Daily Post. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ↑ "Police Officer Ralph King Davis". Officer Down Memorial Page. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ↑ Coyne, Amanda (28 May 2019). "Beyond the bodycam: Gwinnett opens up in TV reality shows". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 22 November 2019.