A search committee is interviewing candidates this week for the next chancellor for the University System of Georgia.
Twenty people applied, said Susan Herbst, a committee member and the system's chief academic officer. The committee is not required to release candidates' names.
Following the interviews, the committee will make recommendations to the State Board of Regents. The regents are scheduled to conduct interviews in April.
Chancellor Erroll Davis will retire when his contract expires at the end of June. LAURA DIAMOND
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The Atlanta Police Department is bolstering its force with 50 new hires to target aggressive panhandling, graffiti and illegal dumping.
The new positions were funded for three years by an $11.2 million federal grant in 2009 aimed at "quality of life" issues, said Carlos Campos, a police department spokesman. Police will use the money through the summer of 2013 to hire more patrol cops, then reassign veteran officers to the Community Liaison Unit.
Officers in the liaison unit "will work closely with the citizens of the city to embody the APD’s mission statement of reducing crime and promoting the quality of life in partnership with our community," Campos said.
It's all part of a new Community Oriented Policing Section that will be unveiled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in Woodruff Park downtown.
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