Jones named new Ringgold police chief
The Ringgold City Council on Monday, July 27, named 40-year-old Jennifer Jones as its new police chief.
Jones became “officer in charge” at the Ringgold Police Department after the resignation of Dan Bilbrey as police chief in late January.
Bilbrey, who had been with the department about 10 years, claimed, among other things, that the police department had been overlooked, underfunded and understaffed. He also complained that City Manager Dan Wright had placed a tracker on his police vehicle continuously over the past two years.
Jones, before taking over as officer in charge at the Ringgold Police Department in February 2020, was a detective at the department beginning in December 2017.
She also worked part-time as a peace officer for Georgia Northwestern Technical College, a job she began in September 2018.
Past employment includes: sales associate and department liaison at GT Distributors Inc. in Rossville, from April 2017 to December 2017; parttime reserve officer with the Lafayette Police Department from April 2017 to December 2017; patrolman and sergeant the Lafayette Police Department from February 2008 to April 2017; and patrolman at the Henry County Police Department in Mcdonough, Ga., from November 2006 to February 2008.
Jones majored in business administration at Columbus State University in Columbus, Ga.; holds an associate of arts degree from Art Institute of Atlanta in Dunwoody, Ga. and graduated summa cum laude; attended the Clayton Regional Law Enforcement Academy in Jonesboro, Ga.
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