Dr. Anita Allen will lead Mableton’s new police department as the city prepares to hire 70 officers and 10 civilian employees.
Mableton, Georgia, is building its police department from the ground up, and Dr. Anita Allen has been tapped to lead the charge.
The city council unanimously approved Allen as Mableton’s first police chief during a special meeting Oct. 6, marking a major step in the city’s plan to establish its own law enforcement agency. Allen, who currently serves as police chief at Albany State University, brings more than 25 years of law enforcement and public safety experience to the role…