Cobb County Police Department

Crime & Public Safety, Traffic incidents October 29, 2026

Cobb Police investigate two fatal crashes

By Mark Woolsey [ The Cobb County Courier has a policy of withholding the names of survivors involved in traffic incidents that are still under investigation] Cobb Police are investigating…

Cobb County Police Department Crime Scene Unit vehicle parked in a marked space

Crime & Public Safety October 27, 2026

Woman and 2-year-old daughter dead in suspected murder-suicide

By Mark Woolsey Two people are dead in what’s being called a murder-suicide in Cobb County. Cobb police spokesperson E.D. Smith says someone called police to Milford Church Road Sunday…

An Norfolk Southern engine pulling a long line of boxcar, tankers and other cars starting through a crossing in downtown Austell GA

Crime & Public Safety October 20, 2026

Fourth person arrested in connection with Austell rail yard homicide

By Mark Woolsey A fourth person has now been charged in the Sept. 14 murder of Curdravious Clark in the Norfolk and Southern rail yards in Austell. Austell Police called…

Crime & Public Safety, Traffic incidents October 7, 2026

Cobb Police Investigate Fatal Multi-vehicle Crash on I-285

By Mark Woolsey Cobb police continue trying to untangle what happened in a multi-vehicle wreck which killed one person Saturday night. Investigators say a black 2006 Ford-150 was traveling east…

A drawing of an Automatic License Plate Reader

Crime & Public Safety September 16, 2026

The upsides and downsides of Automatic License Plate Readers

In October of 2021, the Courier sat down with the public information officers (PIOs) from the Cobb County Police Department and the Marietta Police Department at Cool Beans, the popular…

Crime & Public Safety, Traffic incidents September 16, 2026

Kennesaw Area Crash on Hickory Grove Road Leaves Driver Seriously Injured

The Cobb County Courier has a policy of withholding the names of survivors involved in traffic incidents that are still under investigation County police are investigating a serious injury collision…

Crime & Public Safety, Traffic incidents September 5, 2026

Cobb and Acworth police investigate fatal accident on Lake Acworth Drive

[The Cobb County Courier has a policy of withholding the names of survivors involved in traffic incidents that are still under investigation] Acworth and Cobb County police are investigating a…

Crime & Public Safety, Traffic incidents August 23, 2026

Cartersville man killed in I-75 crash with tractor-trailer near I-575

[The Cobb County Courier has the policy of omitting the names of survivors of traffic incident that are still under investigation] A 26-year-old Cartersville man was killed early Saturday when…

Cobb County Police Department sign in front of headquarters

Crime & Public Safety August 20, 2026

Arrest made after SWAT standoff in Mableton

By Mark Woolsey [The Cobb County Courier has a policy of withholding or redacting the name of suspects unless and until the person is convicted in a court of law…

The rear of a car with the license plate highlighted

Crime & Public Safety August 14, 2026

Cobb police schedule town halls on Flock camera

By Mark Woolsey As promised, Cobb County police are setting up a series of “community conversations” about Flock safety technology and license plate readers. The department’s social media pages bill…

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Immigration October 29, 2026