Joe Trigg selected as next Grand Rapids Police Chief

WGVU News | By Patrick Center

Published June 22, 2026 at 6:34 PM EDT

Joe Trigg named Grand Rapids Interim Chief of Police — Joe Trigg selected Grand Rapids Chief of Police

Joe Trigg has been selected to lead the Grand Rapids Police Department as Police Chief. He was one of four finalists for the position.

City Manager Mark Washington chose Trigg after a series of interview panels and community forums were completed. Trigg had been serving as interim chief of police after Eric Winstrom left to become Pensacola (FLA) Police Department Chief of Police in March.

Trigg has served with GRPD for more than 25-years. He is a graduate of Lansing Community College Police Academy and completed criminal justice and juvenile justice coursework at Grand Valley State University.

Trigg's appointment is effective Monday, June 22nd. He will be sworn in as chief of police June 29th.

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Patrick joined WGVU Public Media in December, 2008 after eight years of investigative reporting at Grand Rapids' WOOD-TV8 and three years at WYTV News Channel 33 in Youngstown, Ohio. As News and Public Affairs Director, Patrick manages our daily radio news operation and public interest television programming. An award-winning reporter, Patrick has won multiple Michigan Associated Press Best Reporter/Anchor awards and is a three-time Academy of Television Arts & Sciences EMMY Award winner with 14 nominations.

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