Tuesday night, at the Laurens City Council Meeting, Mayor Nathan Senn swore in Laurens new police chief, Keith Grounsell, and new fire chief, Neil Roberts.
Chief Grounsell is a former Special Agent with the DEA and served as the Chief Police in Simpsonville from 2012 through 2016, and takes over for Chrissie Latimore, who left the post after being nominated by President Biden to the US Marshall’s Office.