CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW)- The new Clarksville Police Chief is scheduled to be sworn-in on Tuesday, June 30, 2020.

Deputy Police Chief David Crockarell, a 25-year veteran of the department, was unanimously approved by the City Council to succeed Chief Al Ansley as the leader of the Clarksville Police Department

A search for a new Clarksville Police Chief began in January 2020 after Chief Ansley announced he would retire from the post June 30 after 13 years as chief and 33 years with the department.

Crockarell will begin the position on July 1.

Crockarell, 48, whose father was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, was born in Germany and raised in military communities.

He joined the Clarksville Police Department in 1995 as a patrolman and steadily rose through the ranks as an investigator, and later as a patrol sergeant for seven years. In 2006 he was promoted to Tactical Unit Commander. He achieved the rank of lieutenant in 2008 and served as Training Director through 2011.

Promoted again to captain, Crockarell served as District One Commander from 2011 to 2017 and as Special Operations Commander in 2017 and 2018. In August 2018, Crockarell was promoted to Operational Deputy Chief, in command of all Policing Districts, the Special Operations Unit, the Traffic and Special Events Unit and the Community Relations Unit.

Crockarell will take the oath during a ceremony that will begin at 9 a.m. at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center.