He showed Channel 2′s Tom Jones emails where the new county CEO, Lorraine Cochran-Johnson, is now investigating the matter. “They were not doing their job,” Scott Smithwick said. He says he called the ...

Chief Mirtha Ramos, the first female and longest-serving DeKalb County police chief in more than 20 years, has claimed she ...

Outgoing DeKalb County Police Chief Mirtha Ramos says she was “completely surprised" by the county's decision to part ways ...

Newly elected Dekalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson says Police Chief Mirtha Ramos has been placed on paid leave but ...

Johnson's office announced on Feb. 20 a major shakeup in the police department, confirming Police Chief Mirtha Ramos has been ...

DeKalb County’s chief executive is looking to bolster pay and benefits for police officers, hoping to improve recruitment and retention and stem the county’s spending on triple overtime.

Big changes are coming to the DeKalb County Police Department after news that hundreds of street officer positions are vacant ...

DeKalb County Chief Executive Officer Lorraine Cochran-Johnson announced during the Feb. 18 DeKalb County Commission meeting ...

The county says they're working to fill the roughly 300 open police officer positions currently vacant at DKPD.

DeKalb County Police Department’s first female police chief has been put on administrative leave. At a press conference on ...