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April 17, 2025 | Decaturish.com | Locally Sourced News | An Appen Media Group Publication | Volume 1, No. 2
DeKalb County CEO hits 100 days in office By ZOE SEILER zoe@appenmedia.com DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson has been in office for 100 days. So far, she has tackled increasing the water and sewer rates, improving police recruitment and retention, and making
some high-level staffing changes. With a new administration comes some new faces. A few staff positions have changed, including the police chief, watershed director and county attorney. Former DeKalb Police Chief Mirtha Ramos previously said county officials blind sided her with the news that she had 21 days to resign
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or face termination. She was placed on administrative leave in February. Assistant Chief Gregory Padrick is the interim police chief. “I had no idea that it was coming,” she said during an episode of the Decatur Dish show in February.
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With her left hand on a Bible held by husband U.S.A.F. Ret. Lt. Colonel William H. Johnson, III and family gathered around, Lorraine Cochran-Johnson is sworn in as DeKalb County CEO by the Honorable Mark Anthony Scott at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church on the Emory University Campus on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.
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