New DeKalb police chief to speak at Saturday breakfast

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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