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New DeKalb police chief to speak at Saturday breakfast

By April Hunt
April 29, 2013

Cedric Alexander, DeKalb County’s new police chief, will be the featured speaker at Commissioner Stan Watson’s monthly breakfast Saturday .

Other speakers include Keith Parker, the new general manager at MARTA and representatives from AT&T and Atlanta Gas Light.

The breakfast is from 9-11 a.m. Saturday at Chapel Hill Middle School on Dogwood Farms Road in South DeKalb. Registration is not required.

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