The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department (SCMPD) was the defunct primary

law enforcement agency A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any government agency responsible for law enforcement within a specific jurisdiction through the employment and deployment of law enforcement officers and their resources. The most common type of law enforcement ...

for the city of

Savannah, Georgia Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the Kingdom of Great Brita ...

, United States, as well

Chatham County, Georgia Chatham County ( ) is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Georgia, on the state's Atlantic coast. The county seat and largest city is Savannah. One of the original counties of Georgia, Chatham County was created February 5, 1777, a ...

. It was founded in 2005 when the Savannah Police Department and the Chatham County Police Department merged. In June 2017, the Savannah-Chatham Metro Police Department split after 12 years for being unable to resolve issues of poor response times, the legality of the Mayor of Savannah naming the police chief, and other issues. Now the city is policed by the Savannah Police Department and the unincorporated parts of Chatham County (starting on Feb 1, 2018) by the newly formed Chatham County Police Department. The Chatham County Sheriff's Department will aid the County Police until they are fully staffed. The new chief of the Chatham County Police Department is Jeffrey M. Hadley. On August 27, 2018, Roy W. Minter, Jr. became the Chief of Police of the Savannah Police Department.

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