Richard Hall

Richard Hall, police chief of Germantown, is retiring after 38 years of service with the city. He will be taking a new position as the national director of a training company that works with law enforcement officers and dispatchers. Hall graduated from the University of Memphis – then Memphis State University – with a bachelor’s degree in education. During his time at the university, he served in the school’s park ranger training program and worked two summer seasons as a part-time park ranger at the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. After graduation, he went to work for the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism as a park ranger at Lake Chicot. He then took a position with the Germantown Police Department on a friend’s recommendation where he would serve for nearly 40 years.