Memorial Service for Former Cobb Police Chief Today
Robert Hightower, who died at 78 on Tuesday, will be remembered at Roswell Street Baptist Church.
Just two months after the Cobb County Police renamed its headquarters after Robert E. Hightower, he died after suffering a fall. Hightower completed a 26-year tenure with Cobb, serving as Chief of Police as well as the first Director of Public Safety, overseeing police, fire, 911 and corrections. Hightower led the police department through critical periods of growth, creating many specialized units within the department that are still in service today. He also created the Department of Public Safety Training Academy, offering initial and advanced training. After his retirement from Cobb, Hightower continued to serve residents as director of the Georgia State Patrol and as Georgia's first Director of Homeland Security. Hightower begn his …
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