From the desk of the Chief of Police

The Cochran Police Department is under the command of Chief Key S. McGuire.  

Chief McGuire was born in Long Beach California the son of George and Vicki McGuire.  After his father retired from the U.S. Navy in 1974, he and his family moved to Cochran, his mother’s home town.  

Chief McGuire attended Bleckley County High School and Middle Georgia College .  He began his Law Enforcement Career in 1992 as a dispatcher and jailer for the Bleckley County Sheriff’s Office.  He was then hired by the Cochran Police Department in 1993.  

He worked himself up through the ranks to Sergeant, Investigator, Lieutenant and Captain, to his current position as Chief of Police.  

Chief McGuire is a member of the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police, Georgia Internal Affairs Investigators Association, and the Georgia State Investigators Network.    He is married and has two children and one step-child.  

Chief McGuire was appointed to the Position of Chief of Police in February 2012.  He is committed to fairness and honesty in providing police services to the City of Cochran .  He strives to improve police public relations and to make Cochran the kind of place where one would like to live and raise their children.