SUMMARY:

Chief Lloyd Lawrence Slater was born in Brooklyn, New York, where after graduating high school, he enlisted in the United States Army for a rigorous and challenging career in special warfare/special operations. After completing airborne school and undergoing an intensive screening and selection process, he earned an assignment into the 1st Ranger Battalion at Fort Stewart, Georgia. His experiences and training during those early years had a profound influence on the development of his character and self-discipline. 

Years later, after completing his final assignment in Germany and being honorably discharged from the Army, he, his wife Lydia, and two daughters, Latoya and Andrea, returned to the United States and Georgia’s warm climate to live in Hinesville. Since joining the Hinesville Police Department in 1986, Chief Slater has served in various leadership positions, including: emergency services dive unit commander, watch commander, uniform patrol division commander, assistant chief of police, and chief of police.1

     Values-based, vision-led, and purpose-driven. In his “off” time, Chief Slater likes swimming, reading, and spending time with his family. He is an adventurer and avid believer in self-improvement but admits his most significant goal is to make the Hinesville Police Department—“Nothing less than exceptional.” 

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EDUCATION 

• Columbus State University - Columbus, Georgia

Master of Public Safety Administration 

• Columbus State University - Columbus, Georgia

Georgia Law Enforcement Command College (Distinguished Graduate)

• Western Governors University  

Bachelor of Science in Business Management

ADVANCED CERTIFICATION(S) 

• Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training   

Managerial Certification (PA0420140074S)

PUBLICATIONS:      

• Risk Communication: Mitigating the Aftershock of a Mass Casualty Attack, The Police Chief, Vol. 83, No. 6, (June 2016).2

HONORS:

• Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi  (Chapter 185)3

Columbus State University - Columbus, Georgia 

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIPS:

• Columbus State University Alumni Association

• Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police

• International Association of Chiefs of Police

• The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

• United States Army Ranger Association

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 1  Appointed as Hinesville's 11th chief of police and the first African American ever to hold the position. 

 2  Risk Communication—is a peer-reviewed article endorsed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police that provides a science-based approach for assessing, regulating, and communicating the risks of a mass casualty attack through the exchange of information with those who may be affected by the outcomes of those risks.

 3  Phi Kappa Phi—is the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline honor society established in 1897 to recognize superior scholarship and distinguished performance in study, research, or leadership sustained over a period of years. Membership is by invitation only, and is restricted to students who have demonstrated intellectual integrity and high ethical standards and who are ranked scholastically in the top 10 percent of their (graduate school) class.