Celeste Murphy

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Service Record

Atlanta Georgia Police Department

Rank	Patrol Officer (May 1997), Detective (2003), Sergeant (Janaury 2006), Lieutenant (April 2013), Captain (January 2016), Major (December 2016), Deputy Chief (January 2020)^[1]
Dates of Service	May 1997 - April 2022.^[1]
Salary	$125,398 (2020)^[2]
Last Known Status	Separated^[3]

Chattanooga Tennessee Police Department

Rank	Chief (April 2022)^[4]
Dates of Service	April 8, 2022^[5] - June 26, 2024.^[6]
Salary	$175,100 (2022)^[7]
Last Known Status	Resigned^[6]

Incident Reports

2024 Residency Claim

Celeste Murphy

Murphy "entered false information on several government documents related to establishing residency in Chattanooga".^[6]

Response Timeline

In April 2024, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation opened an investigation into Murphy's residency.^[6]

On June 26, 2024, Murphy resigned.^[6]

On June 27, 2024, a Hamilton County Grand Jury indicted Murphy on one count of illegal voter registration, one count of false entries on official registration or election documents, three counts of false entries in governmental records, three counts of forgery, three counts of perjury, and 6 counts of official misconduct.^[6] ‎