Crime & Safety

New Position Created for Police Chief

Terry Sult will be Director of Public Safety and senior advisor to the City Manager, and police and fire chiefs. Deputy Police Chief Kenneth DeSimone will take over as Sandy Springs Police Chief.

 

Sandy Springs Police Chief Terry Sult has been promoted to a newly created position within Public Safety and Fire Rescue Services. He will be Director of Public Safety and senior advisor to the city manager, and police and fire chiefs, an announcement said. 

Sult's new role will include oversight of local emergency management response protocol, including coordination with state and federal agencies and cooperative efforts between municipalities. He will command the city’s Emergency Operations Center and ensure that city codes comply with best practices for all hazards emergencies.

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“The city’s leadership has long given us the latitude to be innovative with our efforts in ensuring the safety of our citizens," said Sult, in a statement. "I look forward to the opportunity to work across the range of public safety and emergency services in furthering those efforts.”

Sult will coordinate budget and resource allocation requests between police, fire and EMS; and oversee research in public safety and emergency services technology.

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He will also be the lead on special projects including the city’s upgrade of its public safety radio systems. 

New Police Chief

Deputy Police Chief Kenneth DeSimone will take over as Police Chief.

DeSimone came to Sandy Springs from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department. He has a B.S. Degree in Police Administration from the University of Louisville, and he's a graduate of the National FBI Academy and USMC Command and Staff College.

DeSimone received the 1999 Police Medal of Valor from Charlotte Mecklenburg Police and the 2003 FBI Director’s Award for Outstanding Counterterrorism Investigation.

He serves in the United States Marine Corps Reserve where he holds the rank of Colonel. He served in Iraq and Afghanistan as a senior police advisor.

Both Sult and DeSimone will be recognized during a pinning ceremony at the next City Council meeting on April 2 at Sandy Springs City Hall.


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