Lou Dekmar

Currently serving as Chief of Police for the city of LaGrange, Georgia since 1995; from law enforcement specialist (USAF), police officer and detective to division commander to 30-years as Chief of Police. He has served as Chief of Police and Chief of Public Safety for the City of Lagrange (GA) since 1995. Before that appointment he served four years as police chief for the City of Morrow, GA which is in the Atlanta-Metro area; he has also served as captain, detective, investigator, and FTO.  Chief Dekmar served ten years in law enforcement in Wyoming before moving to Georgia. He served four years in the United States Air Force. Chief Dekmar is Past-President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and Past President and Chair of the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), having served in that role five of his ten years on the Commission.  He is Past-President of the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police.  Chief Dekmar is a member of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement, Executives, and FBINA (142nd).  In 2004, he was selected as the delegation leader for the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) that traveled to Israel for a two-week training exchange with the Israel National Police, and is currently a Board Member for GILEE He is a former Council Member for the Georgia Peace Officer’s Standards and Council, serving on the Probable Cause Committee; and a past member of the Georgia Board of Public Safety, which provides policy oversight for the Georgia State Patrol, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and the Georgia Public Safety Training Center; he has also served as a Federal Monitor for the US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division.