Criminal Investigations Division

The Criminal Investigations Division is composed of four full time detectives and one secretary. The foremost responsibility of the members of this Division is to perform follow up investigations on assigned cases utilizing the resources available at the local, state, and federal levels.

You may contact any member of this Division by calling our office at (770) 960-3003 between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm Monday through Friday. One detective remains on call each week and is available after regular business hours by contacting the Emergency Communications Center at 770-961-4000.

The City of Morrow Police Department has partnered with the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office and assembled a joint task force geared at proactively combating narcotics and vice related crime in the City of Morrow and Clayton County. The philosophy behind the development of this task force is that not only must we drive drugs and other crime out of the city, but it is also in our best interest to continue to drive it out of the county as well. The Vice Task Force is comprised of personnel from the Morrow Police Department and the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office. In addition, all officers of the Morrow Police Department are sworn Deputy Sheriff’s and are not limited by the city limit boundaries for law enforcement purposes. The Vice Task Force will actively seek out violators of Georgia laws concerning illegal drugs, gambling, prostitution, and counterfeiting by conducting preemptive strikes targeting those types of criminals.

Lieutenant W. Butler

Investigator

Lieutenant Butler began his career with the Morrow Police Department in July 1995. Since then he has been assigned to the Uniform Patrol Division, where he held the position as a Master Patrol Officer. Lieutenant Butler then transferred to the Special Services Division where he was assigned as one of the department D.A.R.E and Bike Patrol Officers. Lieutenant Butler holds a Georgia P.O.S.T. Field Training Officer, Intermediate, Advanced certification and is also a nationally certified D.A.R.E. and G.R.E.A.T. Instructor. Lieutenant Butler attended college at Georgia Military College and is currently enrolled at Saint Leo University. Lieutenant Butler is currently assigned as Investigator in the Criminal Investigation Division.

Detective Taylor

Investigator

Detective Kurt Taylor joined the City of Morrow Police Department on April 27, 2007. Officer Taylor was formerly with the Dekalb County Police Department assigned to the Special Operation Division where he served as a Master Patrol Officer and Field Training Officer. Detective Taylor is P.O.S.T. certified. He has a training history including, but not limited to, Officer Survival, Criminal Procedure, Basic Taser, laser and Radar Certified, First Responder and Field Training Officer. Detective Taylor served two years with the New York City Board of Education as a Director/Coordinator of their "At-Risk" student assistance program and as a Science Teacher. He has an Associate Degree in General Studies from Miami-Dade Community College, a Bachelor of Arts-Sociology from University of Hawaii and is working on his Masters in Criminal Justice at Troy University. Detective Taylor played professional basketball as a point-guard in NBA Professional Summer basketball League in California, CBA, USBL PBL, Brasil, China and Europe.