Former DeKalb police chief named South Fulton interim public safety director

The city of South Fulton has tapped former DeKalb County Public Safety Director Cedric Alexander — who became a national advocate for better policing after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri — as South Fulton’s interim managing director of public safety.

South Fulton City Manager Sharon Subadan informed the mayor and the City Council of Alexander’s new role in a memo dated Aug. 7, two days after the city’s police chief went on administrative leave while an independent investigation of the department unfolds.

Alexander, who has more than 40 years of law enforcement experience, is under contract to assist in oversight of South Fulton’s police department and, to a lesser extent, the fire department, according to city officials. He could not immediately be reached for comm