Horry County police chief expected to retire in the fall, county confirms

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – The top brass of the Horry County Police Department will be retiring in the fall.

A Horry County spokesperson, Mikayla Moskov, confirmed Chief Joseph Hill’s retirement plans on Monday.

She said that it’s a move that the chief has talked about for the past year.

Moskov added that the county will provide details about a timeline and the process for hiring a new chief a couple of months before Hill’s retirement. The exact date has not been released yet.

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Hill has been the Horry County police chief since 2016. He came from the Fairfax County Police Department where he spent 28 years.

During his time with the department, he has teamed up with state and federal agencies to target violent crime in Horry County. In one of those instances, a years-long investigation led to the arrests of several members of the G-Shine gang, which is a subset of the Bloods gang that settled in the Longs area.

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Hill has also worked to get mental health resources for his officers who encounter tragic situations on a near-daily basis.

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On top of leading the police department, the Horry County website shows that Hill also works with the U.S. State Department’s Anti-Terror Assistance Program where he teaches police and military commanders abroad. He has traveled to 13 countries to teach counter-terror operations and ethical leadership.

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