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Commissioner

Commissioner Bill Hitchens is the Chief Executive of the Department of Public Safety and holds the rank of Colonel in the Georgia State Patrol.  The unit assigned to the Commissioner for direct supervision is Legal Services.

Colonel Bill Hitchens, Commissioner (Biography)

Legal Services

Special Investigations