Gwinnett County Police Department

The Gwinnett County Police Department (GCPD) is the main law enforcement agency in Gwinnett County, Georgia. The department has about a thousand employees with 936 sworn law enforcement officers as of March 2024. The current incumbent Chief of Police is James D. McClure.

History

Fallen officers

As of 2024, the department has suffered eight officers and two K9 service dogs killed throughout its history.

Three of the fallen officers were murdered on April 17th, 1964 in a single attack. The department had about a dozen officers at the time. Three of them were driving home in one car, as they came upon three men who were stripping a stolen car for parts. The bodies of Officers Ralph King Davis, Jerry Reed Everett and Marvin Jesse Gravitt were found bound in their own handcuffs and shot with their own guns. The perpetrators, Venson Williams and Alec Evans were sentenced to death for the murders. 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 perpetrator, Wade Truett cooperated with the government in exchange for immunity.

In media

In 2019, the department was featured on episodes of the police documentary television series The First 48.

Organization

The department is organized with two bureaus and four divisions: Administrative Services, Support Operations, Criminal Investigations and Uniform Divisions.

See also

• List of law enforcement agencies in Georgia

References