Marietta to honor retiring police chief Thursday
Jan. 22—The city of Marietta will honor police chief Dan Flynn at a retirement reception Thursday.
Flynn, 70, has served as the city's chief of police since 2007 and will retire at the end of the month.
The city will host the reception at the Family Life Center of First United Methodist Church of Marietta from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The family life center is at 56 Whitlock Ave. in Marietta.
Flynn started his career in law enforcement in 1973 at the Miami-Dade Police Department and retired after 27 years at the rank of major. He received numerous awards during his time in Miami and began a successful consulting business before moving to Georgia in 2000 to become the chief of the Savannah Police Department, and later the combined Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department.
"I have never liked goodbyes and they are especially hard here in Marietta," Flynn said in a statement announcing his retirement earlier this month. "Nevertheless, I take comfort in the fact that the department is in good, competent, caring leadership hands, as is the city government."
