Allan Rogers has been named Chief of Police in Latta in a 7-0 vote, according to Assistant Town Administrator Brad Coward. He is a highly experienced officer with 37 1/2 years of experience. He began his career at the Latta Police Department having been hired by then Mayor Buzzy Finklea. He graduated in the top five percent of his class at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy. After serving in Latta, and later in the City of Mullins, Rogers joined the Marion County Sheriff’s Office as a deputy. He worked his way through the ranks, eventually becoming a detective, grant-writer, and a chief deputy, second in command of the entire county’s blueline force. While serving as chief deputy, he was instrumental in facilitating the addition of K-9 units, vehicle computers, a sheriff’s motorcycles unit, and a substation for the police force in Marion County. After leaving Marion County, he returned to the Dillon County Sheriff’s Office where he served as a detective and earned the rank of captain. He also served with the United States Marshal’s Office as a special deputy on the Fugitive Task Force for fifteen years and worked as an investigator with the South Carolina Fourth Judicial Circuit Court. He then returned to Latta as an officer and was appointed interim chief a short time ago before tonight’s vote. (SOURCE: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION TAKEN FROM THE HOUSE RESOLUTION THAT HE WAS PRESENTED IN MAY)
Allan Rogers Named Latta Police Chief
