Kenneth J. DeSimone is the Chief of Police for the Sandy Springs Police Department (SSPD). DeSimone has over 35 years of law enforcement experience and has been with the SSPD since 2009. He retired from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve as a colonel in 2014 following 32 years of continuous active and reserve service primarily in the Military Police. DeSimone is both an Afghanistan and Iraq War Veteran, where he led police advisor teams in the Anbar, Najaf, and Helmand Provinces. He has been an advisor to law enforcement, intelligence, provost marshal, and gendarmerie forces in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. DeSimone has a bachelor’s degree in Police Administration from the University of Louisville and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy. He is the recipient of the FBI Director’s Award for Outstanding Counterterrorism Investigation and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department Medal of Valor. He and his wife, Beth, have two children and reside in Fulton County.