HCSO Announces the Passing of Veteran Patrol Lieutenant Mark Kimsey

It is with great sadness the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office announces the unexpected passing of Patrol Lieutenant Mark Kimsey.

Lt. Kimsey passed away earlier this afternoon at a local hospital.

He was a 32-year veteran of the HCSO and had a long and distinguished career in local law enforcement in Hamilton County. Prior to joining the Sheriff’s Office, Lt. Kimsey served as a police officer with the Red Bank Police Department.

Lt. Kimsey served with honor and distinction in numerous divisions within the HCSO throughout his career including the Traffic Division where he served as a Traffic Investigator and Motor Officer, Narcotics Division, and the Patrol Division.

Please keep Lt. Kimsey’s family and friends as well as the men and women of the HCSO in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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