UPDATE: Now the report has been pulled off the DeKalb Officers blog…so I’m guessing something’s amiss.  Also, as it was pointed out to me in an email this morning, Freedom Parkway and Memorial Drive do not intersect.  Apparently I was blinded to this fact, by all the other conflicting data in this report.

I’m going to pull the post and leave this explanation for the time being.  If I receive more info I’ll let you know.

If you read the AJC or watch local news on your tele, you’ve probably seen the crapload of recent articles about DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis taking telecommuting DeKalb Police Chief Terrell Bolton to task.

After days of diabetes, forced leave and closed door meetings that confused the AJC to the point that they began writing articles with strange titles – like “Crucial meeting for DeKalb CEO, top cop coming to head?” (can a meeting really “come to a head’?  Don’t tensions “come to a head”, which RESULT in something like a crucial meeting?  I digress…) – this morning its reported that while Bolton is on “temporary” leave, he’s been replaced by Maj. William O’Brien.

The DeKalb Officers blog, which was created in opposition of Bolton’s appointment by fmr. supreme leader Vernon Jones, loves the choice of O’Brien, a 24-year veteran of the dept.

For all of us who have been unnerved by the recent increase of crime in Oakhurst and surrounding areas, any news that gives hope of a revived, happier and better functioning DeKalb Police Dept is good news.