ETOWAH, Tenn. – Eric Armstrong, of Etowah, has accepted the post of city police chief and took the department reins Friday.
“I look forward to building stronger ties with the community and providing the best possible police department for Etowah,” Armstrong said.
It has been his lifelong dream to serve as the police chief in his hometown, he said.
Armstrong is a 1992 graduate of the Cleveland State Community College Law Enforcement Academy, according to a news release from Etowah City Manager Matthew Gravley.
After graduation, he served in the Etowah Police Department, followed by several years with the McMinn County Sheriff’s Office and Decatur Police Department in Tennessee.