City of Washington issued the following announcement on July 18.
Please help us congratulate Chief Stacy Drakeford on his new role with the City of Washington as Chief Stacy Drakeford as New Deputy City Manager/ Director of Public Safety. Chief Drakeford moves into his new role after serving as the City’s Director of Public Safety for the past 10 years.
In his new role, Chief Drakeford will still oversee both Police & Fire Services but will additionally be overseeing Parks & Recreation and Brown Library operations, as well as oversee a new Community Outreach position funded by a grant from Building Integrated Communities. The grant will allow the city to hire an Outreach Coordinator to assist with outreach and diversity initiatives.
“I am looking forward to the new challenges that this position will present. I also look forward to using the opportunities provided by the grant to build a more inclusive community in Washington,” said Chief Drakeford. “The grant will help provide outreach opportunities to reach a demographic that we have been unable to successfully reach, which is the Latino/Latina community.”
Prior to coming to Washington, Chief Drakeford served as the Director of Public Safety for the City of Clinton (SC). He also spent 20 years working for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, as well as working as a State Trooper for the state of South Carolina.
Hailing from Cheraw, Carolina, Chief Drakeford holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Presbyterian College in Political Science and two Masters degrees from Troy University – one in Criminal Justice and one in Public Administration. He has also attended the FBI National Academy, as well as the Executive Fire Officer Institute.
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