Mission

The City of McDonough Police Services Department maintains responsibility for all law enforcement activities within the City limits by providing a dedicated force of diligent and effective personnel who work to protect the rights and safety of residents and visitors of this fair City.

Vision Statement

To maintain progressive inventories of growth, technical applications, and geographic change factors that influence public safety, and quality of life issues affecting the business and residential populations in McDonough.

Department Values

• Human life and dignity
• Professional excellence
• Honor, ethics, and integrity
• Commitment to community service
• A strengthened and cohesive police force
• Protecting the constitutional rights of the victims of crimes as well as the accused
• An ingrained culture of organizational effectiveness

The McDonough Police Department currently has 49 full-time certified and 5 non-certified employees and is staffed by four shifts of uniformed patrol officers working 6 am-6 pm and 6 pm-6 am. These officers respond to routine calls for service and enforce traffic laws in the city.

Duties

The Department conducts all phases of investigations which include; criminal, narcotics, and all vice crime investigations utilizing 5 full-time investigators.

File a Complaint, Commendation, or Other Information

To file or give a complaint, commendation, or other information on an Officer or Police Department employee; Fill out the PDF highlighted in red below. Directions on how to fill out the PDF are listed on the form. Please submit the form to the McDonough Police Department in person or mail it to 50 Lawrenceville Street, McDonough, GA 30253. You may also email the form to Captian Mike Hogeland at MHogeland@McDonoughGA.org, for the quickest response. 

Pubic Service Report- Citizen Complaint and Commendation Form