Chris Harvey

Deputy Executive Director, Ga P.O.S.T.

There is no easy way to summarize a career spent in public service ranging from being a high school teacher to a street cop to working Homicide, to being a Chief at two agencies, and then shifting into a completely different field (elections) in a state that would become the epicenter of the elections controversy world right after I started.
In mid-2021, I returned to my roots in law enforcement and I now have the opportunity to work for the betterment and increased professionalism of peace officers in Georgia.
In every instance, I found the strength to persevere and succeed through teamwork, faith, and a begrudging, half-hearted search for humility.
I was often not the ideal to respond to the challenges that came my way, but I never backed down or made excuses, and I found ways to succeed through hard work and sacrifice. I have been blessed to have been surrounded by good people who have worked alongside me and pushed me to be better than I was capable of being by myself.
The Stoic Epictetus perhaps best summed up my career best when he wrote this centuries ago, "For this is your business--to act well the given part, but to choose it belongs to Another."