Chris Harvey

Chris Harvey earned a bachelors degree in political science and criminal justice from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, in 1989. He attended graduate school and taught high school before starting work as a DeKalb County police officer in 1994. He served terms as the Chief Investigator for the DeKalb County District Attorneys Office, the Director of the Cold Case Homicide Squad for the Fulton County District Attorneys Office, and the Chief Investigator for the Secretary of State’s Office. In 2015, he was appointed State Elections Director for the Georgia Secretary of State's Office, just in time for the most volatile six years in elections in Georgia's history. In July 2021, he was appointed as Deputy Executive Director of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST).