Less than a year after he became the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Mike Register is resigning.
On Tuesday the Cobb Board of Commissioners will vote on confirming his appointment, which was announced late Thursday afternoon by Cobb County government.
Register was both Cobb police chief and public safety director between 2017 and 2019, then resigned for what he said were family reasons.
In 2021, he was named one of the top assistants to newly elected Cobb Sheriff Craig Owens, a former Cobb police officer.
In August 2021, Register left that job after he was appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp to head the GBI. Register succeeded Vic Reynolds, a former Cobb District Attorney and current Cobb Superior Court judge.
“It has been an honor to be the director of the GBI and serve under one of Georgia’s greatest governors, Brian Kemp,” Register said in the county release.
“I leave a great law enforcement agency with some of the most dedicated and competent professionals I have ever worked with. I look forward to leading the tremendous men and women who make up public safety in Cobb County and once again serve a great community.”
Register would succeed Randy Crowder, who retired at the end of 2022. Current Cobb Fire Chief Bill Johnson also has been serving as interim public safety director.
Public safety includes the county’s police, fire and emergency services, emergency management, 911 and animal services departments.
Register has had a 30-year career in public safety, including a stint as Clayton police chief. He is a past member of the Georgia Peace Officers Standard Training Council and the state Judicial Qualification Commission and served on the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces’ Executive Board.
“We are thrilled that he has agreed to come back and lead Public Safety in Cobb,” Chairwoman Lisa Cupid said in the Cobb government release. “We are making tremendous strides in public safety, and it will be a tremendous benefit to our citizens to have a director who has already forged relationships in the community and has a deep understanding of the opportunities we have as a county.”
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