Office of the Chief
About Chief Tommy Keheley Chief Keheley comes to the City with over 50 years of experience in law enforcement and 25 years in the military. He has served as the Deputy Chief of Police for the Holly Springs Police Department since 2016. Prior to joining HSPD, he worked as an investigator with the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Council, attorney general, and governor. From 1970 until 2003, Keheley served with the Cobb County Police Department where he was an operations officer, precinct commander, intelligence unit commander, special operations commander, watch commander and narcotics unit commander. He retired from Cobb County as the Deputy Chief of the Uniform Bureau where he was responsible for five precincts and the special operations unit, which was comprised of over 575 officers.
Throughout his professional career, Keheley has served our nation in the Naval Reserves and Coast Guard and has served in the Georgia Air National Guard.
In addition to his extensive job experience, Keheley has received formal education from the FBI National Academy, accredited through the University of Virginia, the United States Secret Service Dignitary Protection School, Cobray International Counter Terrorism School, and is a Dive Rescue Specialist through the International Association of Dive Rescue Specialists. He has received over 3,000 hours of POST certified training. He was the 2020 recipient of the City of Holly Springs’ Bob Fuller Leadership Award.
He and his wife of 22 years, Cindy, have a daughter, Chrissy, and son-in-law, Ray.