Assistant Chief Deputy Gina V. Hawkins

Assistant Chief Deputy Gina V. Hawkins oversees Uniformed Operations, Criminal Investigations, Training, and Internal Affairs.

Her executive skills include strategic planning, risk management, alternative policing strategies, organizational transformation, governmental investigation, modernization, crisis response, and establishing best practices and operational infrastructure.

From 1988 to 2017, Hawkins served with the City of Atlanta, Sandy Springs, and Clayton County Police Departments and in 2017, she was appointed Chief of Police for the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina, making her the very first female, first African American, first Hispanic Police Chief in Fayetteville history.

She is a graduate of the FBI National Associates Academy and earned her master’s degree in management from John Hopkins University and bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Georgia State University.

Before joining the sheriff’s office, Hawkins was responsible for decreasing overall crime by nearly 30% in the city of Fayetteville from 2017 to 2021 and advocating and attaining a 35% salary increase for officers under her leadership. 

She is the Vice President of the National Association of Women in Law Enforcement, Co-Chair of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Committee, and a member of the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange, Hispanic American Police Command Officers Association and National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.