Piedmont College names Habersham native Andrews as police chief

DEMOREST – Jim Andrews will be heading home to Habersham County to lead the Piedmont College Campus Police Department next month.

Andrews, a Habersham County native and deputy director o the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, will become campus police chief on Feb. 1 and will oversee departmental operations.

Andrews currently manages operations of five highway safety divisions that employ more than 30. Before joining that agency, he served as a state trooper for the Georgia Department of Public Safety and was a corrections officer at Lee Arrendale Correctional Institute in Alto.

“Chief Andrews has more than 20 years of progressive law enforcement experience and has a background in operations management, employee development, planning, and communications,” said Tom Estes, Piedmont College interim vice president of administration and finance. “As a native of Habersham County, Chief Andrews knows Piedmont College and values the institution’s unique role in the community.”

Habersham County native Jim Andrews, deputy director of the Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety, will begin work as police chief at Piedmont College Campus Police Department on Feb. 1.

Habersham County native Jim Andrews will take the reins of Piedmont College Campus Police Department on Feb. 1.

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