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Gerry C. Campbell began his career with the Jackson Police Department August 22, 1983 as a patrolman.  He worked in this capacity for a few years before being transferred to the newly formed DUI Task Force.  Shortly after being working with the Task Force, he attended the Northwestern Traffic Institute for a period of nine months, graduating in 1991. 

Upon his return to the department, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.  Lt. Campbell began to attend training and seminars in grant management and crime analysis and began to incorporate this into his daily duties.  He became associated with several local, state and federal organizations, such as LECC, CADCA, LEBGP, and IACP, just to name a few.

Lt. Campbell was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1996.  At that time, he continued his duties of Grant Coordinator and was given additional oversight to the Physcial Plant, Central Records, Vehicle Operations and Property/Assets.  During this time, the position of Executive Lieutenant was placed under his command.  Our number of office locations grew from two buildings to seven, which included Police Substations.  Captain Campbell was promoted to Deputy Chief of Administration in 2010.  He remained in this capacity until his retirement in 2013.

During his tenure with the Police Department, Chief Campbell was a DUI Instructor, LECC Coordinater, Grants Manager, member of TACP, IACP, Big Brothers/Big Sisters and several other local associations. He received numerous commendations from local, state and federal government officials, as well as citizens of the City of Jackson.  Also during this time, he accepted the calling upon his life and became a Lay Leader with the United Methodist Church.  He has since become a member of a ministerial staff in a local United Methodist Church.