Charles F. Pegg

Chief Charles F. Pegg began his career as a police officer in East Lansing after graduating as one of the first 10 graduates of Michigan State College Police Administration Program in 1939.

Charles F. Pegg was appointed Chief of the East Lansing Police Department and was one of the first college-trained police officers to be named Chief of a City Police department in Michigan. During his 25 years as Chief, he built the East Lansing Police Department from a 4 man department to a modern police agency employing over 50 officers.

Chief Pegg served as President of the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police from 1959-1960. Although he passed away over 20 years ago, the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police still honors his service to the policing community sponsoring the “Charlie Pegg Golf Tournament”.

After his retirement in 1972 from the East Lansing Police Department he served as the Director of the Lansing Community College Law Enforcement Center whereby upon his death, the School was renamed the “Charles F. Pegg Center for Law Enforcement.”