Chief Coley McCann

Chief Coley McCann

Nevada State Police - 
Investigation Division

Chief Coley McCann began his career with the Nevada State Police, Parole and Probation Division in September 2007. During his early years, he served in both the General Supervision Unit and the Regional Gang Unit before promoting to the Investigation Division as a Detective in April 2010.

As a Detective assigned to the Major Crimes Unit, Chief McCann conducted a wide range of complex investigations, including homicides, officer-involved shootings, child sexual assault cases, child abuse investigations, death investigations, financial crimes, and internal administrative investigations. In February 2016, Chief McCann transferred to the Tri-NET Narcotic Task Force, where he served as a Narcotics Detective. In this role, he conducted prescription fraud and mid- to high-level drug trafficking investigations and operations. These included undercover narcotics purchases, buy/walk operations, buy/bust operations, and numerous search warrant executions targeting the illicit sale of narcotics.

Chief McCann was promoted to Sergeant in July 2018 and assigned to the Nevada Threat Analysis Center (NTAC), Nevada's designated fusion center. In December 2018, he returned to the Tri-NET Narcotic Task Force as the unit's Sergeant.

In July 2021, he was promoted to Lieutenant and became the Narcotic Task Force Commander for the Investigation Division. In this capacity, he oversaw all five division narcotics task forces across Nevada located in Carson City, Fallon, Winnemucca, Elko, and Ely.

In December 2023, Chief McCann was promoted to Captain and Deputy Chief of the Investigation Division, a position he held until July 2025. In August 2025, he was formally promoted to Chief of the Investigation Division.

Chief McCann holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Nevada, Reno, with a major in General Studies and minors in Criminal Justice and Business Management.