Colonel Eric Yeager

Colonel Eric Yeager is a career law enforcement professional, having joined the Cobb County Police Department in 1988. He served for 32 years, working in numerous departments across the agency including the Fatality Investigations Unit, the Criminal Investigations Unit Commander and the Special Victims/Crimes Against Children Unit Commander before retiring in 2020 as the Assistant Commander in Precinct 2. Colonel Yeager joined the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office in January 2021 and leads the Criminal Investigations Division which encompasses Crime Scene Investigations, Domestic Violence Unit, Evidence Unit, Forgery and Fraud Unit, Fugitive Unit, Marietta/Cobb/Smyrna Narcotics Unit, and Sex Offender Unit. He is a graduate of Fairmont State University. He has completed numerous supervisory programs including the Government Management Development Program from the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute. He is married with three children and resides in Cobb County.