HINESVILLE, Ga. (Mar. 1, 2018) – At the regularly scheduled Hinesville City Council Meeting on Thursday, Mayor Allen Brown and Council named Major Bill Kirkendall the Interim Chief of the Hinesville Police Department following the retirement of Police Chief George Stagmeier. “Major Kirkendall has demonstrated outstanding leadership throughout his career with the HPD and I am confident that his appointment to this interim role will allow the police department to remain functioning in the above superior manner that it has garnered a reputation for,” said Hinesville City Manager Kenneth Howard. Kirkendall has been with the HPD for more than 27 years, having been hired in 1990.