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Cobb hires new public safety head

By Jaime Sarrio
Jan 11, 2013

Jack L. Forsythe was hired as Cobb County’s new director of public safety. Forsythe was approved unanimously by the board of commissioners. He has 30 years of experience in various divisions of public safety, including police, communications and emergency management and services. The North Carolina resident has been a public safety consultant since 2011.

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