Lieutenant Colonel Clifford Kelker

Lieutenant Colonel Clifford Kelker began his law enforcement career with the Marietta Police Department in Marietta, Georgia in 1991. He went on to become the chief of police in Jonesboro, GA in 2018. A military veteran, he served over seven years in the United States Army and deployed with the 101st Airborne Division to Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Kelker joined the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office in 2021, where he leads the Criminal Investigations Division. Kelker earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Public and Social Services and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Kennesaw State University. He has completed several executive management training courses to include being a graduate of the 55th Session of the Senior Management Institute for Police (SMIP) at Boston University and the 106th Session of the Administrative Officers Course at the Southern Police Institute on the campus of the University of Louisville. He also completed the Carl Vinson Institute of Governance-Management Development Program, the International Association of Chiefs of Police-Leadership in Police Organizations course and is a graduate of the Dale Carnegie Leadership course receiving the highest award.