Officer Frankie L. Neeley has been appointed Interim Police Chief of the Pine Ridge Police Department.

Officer Neeley is a Military Veteran who has served in United States Marine Corps and the United States Army for approximately 27 years.

He has over 22 years of law enforcement experience in the Lexington County area having worked previously for the Springdale and West Columbia Police Departments.

He has been a Police Officer with the Town of Pine Ridge since April of 2014. Officer Neeley was born and raised in the Town of Pine Ridge and still has family who reside in the town.