Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department

{{Short description|Former municipal police in Chatham County, Georgia.}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox law enforcement agency

| formed = 2005

| preceding1 = Savannah Police Department

| preceding2 = Chatham County Police Department

| dissolved = June 2017

| country = United States

| legaljuris = Chatham County, Georgia

}}The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department (SCMPD) was the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Savannah, Georgia, United States, as well

as Chatham County, Georgia.{{cite web|url=http://www.scmpd.org |title=Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department |publisher=Scmpd.org |date= |accessdate=October 13, 2012}} It was founded in 2005 when the Savannah Police Department and the Chatham County Police Department merged.

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In June 2017, the Savannah-Chatham Metro Police Department split after 12 years for being unable to resolve issues of poor response times,{{Cite web|url=https://www.savannahnow.com/news/2017-06-22/savannah-city-council-votes-faster-police-response-times|title=Savannah City Council votes for faster police response times|last=Coleman|first=Dash|website=Savannah Morning News|language=en|access-date=2018-12-15}} the legality of the Mayor of Savannah naming the police chief, and other issues.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leelofland.com/savannah-chatham-metro-pd-a-police-department-out-of-control/|title=Savannah-Chatham Metro PD: A Police Department Out Of Control!|last=Lofl|first=Lee|date=2014-07-28|website=Lee Lofland|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-15}} 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. {{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

The new chief of the Chatham County Police Department is Jeffrey M. Hadley.{{Cite web|url=https://police.chathamcountyga.gov/AboutUs|title=Chatham County Police Department - About Us|website=police.chathamcountyga.gov|access-date=2018-12-15}} On August 27, 2018, Roy W. Minter, Jr. became the Chief of Police of the Savannah Police Department.{{Cite web|url=http://savannahpd.org/about-spd/|title=ABOUT SPD|last=Grant|first=Edward|website=SAVANNAH POLICE|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-15}}

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