Former Police Chief Announces Campaign for City Council

On Thursday, Stanley Allen announced he is running for East Ridge City Council, according to a press release from Allen’s campaign.

A life-long resident of Hamilton County, Allen has lived in East Ridge for a total of 12 years.

Allen served in the Chattanooga Police Department for 28 years, retiring as a Lieutenant over Support Services. After working in the private sector for three years, he was hired as East Ridge Assistant Police Chief.

Allen was promoted to Chief of Police in 2018, retiring from that position in 2022.

“I worked closely with the Council as Chief and have seen, first hand, the progress and growth of the city,” Allen stated in the press release. “I want to continue the work, concentrating on bringing in new businesses with new construction and rehabbing now empty buildings.

“I also want to continue to develop Camp Jordan to attract sports tournaments and other events,” the press release states. “This will bring in more visitor dollars to improve the services of East Ridge.”

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.