Earl L. Cook Alexandria Chief of Police

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Earl L. Cook

Alexandria Chief of Police

Earl Cook, an Alexandria native, graduated from T.C. Williams High School and was an outstanding member of the historic Titan football team. He attended Duke University.  In 1979 he began his professional career as a police academy recruit.  After 30 years of service, in 2009, Cook became the first African American in Alexandria’s 260-year history to serve as the Chief of Police.