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- Bill_Hitchens abstract "William W. Hitchens (born April 26, 1947) is an American politician. He is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 161st District, serving since 2012. He is a member of the Republican party.Bill Hitchens is no stranger to government service. Prior to his election to the State House,he served 47 years in the military and state law enforcement. He is a Marine CorpsVietnam veteran and he served 28 years on the Georgia State Patrol (GSP) prior to retiringin 1997. During his career with the GSP he was stationed in Savannah, Americus,Statesboro and Atlanta. At the time of his retirement from the GSP he held the rank ofmajor and was the South Division Adjutant. In that position he was responsible for all StatePatrol law enforcement activities in the southern half of the state and he reported directlyto the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. During the 1996 Olympic Games,he was a Law Enforcement Shift Commander responsible for all state law enforcementpersonnel at the many venues in Atlanta and across the state. On one memorable night, hewas called to the scene of a “suspicious package” in Centennial Park, which culminated with him being about thirty-five to forty feet from “the bomb” when it detonated.After retiring from the GSP, Bill worked three years with the Governor’s Criminal JusticeCoordinating Council as a law enforcement consultant, where his primary responsibilitywas working with the 30 federally funded multi-jurisdictional drug task forces in Georgia.Throughout most of his career with the GSP, Bill maintained a parallel career in the CoastGuard Reserve. Although primarily involved with Readiness and Port ContingencyPlanning, he also served two tours as the Executive Officer of Coast Guard Reserve Unit AirStation Savannah. He was called to active duty for the Muriel Boatlift in 1980 and was lateractivated twice for Operation Desert Storm. His last assignment was as the senior plannerfor the Coast Guard’s Olympic Task Force in preparation for the yachting venue inSavannah. Bill retired from the Coast Guard Reserve with the rank of commander (0-5).In January 2003, Governor Perdue selected Bill to be the first director of the GeorgiaOffice of Homeland Security. In a realignment of the State’s law enforcement agencies,Bill’s role was to serve as the point person for all homeland security issues in the state ofGeorgia. His position was one of six that reported directly to the Governor. In May 2004,via an Executive Order by Governor Perdue, Bill was named Executive Commander of theG-8 Public Safety Command. Reporting directly to the Governor, he was placed in charge ofall state efforts to coordinate law enforcement and public safety operations for the Group ofEight Summit (G-8) held June 8–10, 2004 on Sea Island, GA. Coordinated by then DirectorHitchens, the state effort included over 11,000 public safety and Georgia National Guardpersonnel from across the state with a budget of $25 million. In total, 77 law enforcement agencies within the state and several agencies from South Carolina and Florida participated in the G-8 effort. An unprecedented success, the G-8 event produced no fatalities, noinjuries and only 18 arrests of protestors.In December 2004 Governor Perdue nominated Bill Hitchens to be the Commissioner of theGeorgia Department of Public Safety and the Colonel of the Georgia State Patrol. TheGeorgia Board of Public Safety unanimously approved his appointment with an effectivedate of December 16, 2004. After his election, Governor Deal reappointed Bill and sworehim in on January 18, 2011.Bill is a graduate of Georgia Southern College and the 130th Session of the FBI NationalAcademy in Quantico, VA. He has also completed the Georgia Executive LeadershipProgram and the Legislative Leadership Institute, courses administered by the Universityof Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government. Throughout his many years of publicservice, he has accumulated thousands of specialized training hours in the military, lawenforcement, homeland security and emergency management.An active member of his community, Bill has coached numerous little league baseball,softball and basketball teams, served as the president of his hometown Jaycee organizationand three terms as president of the Effingham County High School Booster Club. He alsoserved as the state president of the Georgia Chapter of the FBI National AcademyAssociates and as the state president of the Peace Officers’ Association of Georgia. He hasserved on several state boards, commissions and authorities, including: the Georgia PeaceOfficers Standards and Training Council (POST), the State Indemnification Commission, theGeorgia Aviation Authority, and the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission. Billhas been a member of the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE)Executive Board since 2003 and was selected as a member of the 16th GILEE delegation. Hewas elected by the delegation to be the spokesperson for the group during their two weektrip to Israel, hosted by the Israeli National Police. In 2009 Bill was named as the chairmanof the National Law Enforcement Explorers Conference, which was held in July 2010 at theGeorgia Institute of Technology and involved approximately 3000 Law EnforcementExplorers (14 -21) and their law enforcement sponsors from all fifty states and Puerto Rico.For his civic, military and law enforcement efforts through the years, Bill has receivedseveral awards, including: Savannah Metropolitan Police Officer of the Year in 1978,Effingham County Police Officer of the Year in 1978, The T. Malone Sharpe Memorial Awardas the Outstanding Local Chapter President in the Georgia Jaycees in 1979, OutstandingMilitary Citizen of Georgia Award in 1988, the Georgia State Patrol’s Meritorious ServiceAward for his actions in Centennial Park immediately after the bombing in1996, the ArthurHutchins Memorial Award as the Georgia Peace Officer of the Year for Meritorious Servicein 2004, Outstanding Leader of the Year Award for Georgia State Government and theUniversity System in 2009, a Governor’s Public Safety Award for career contributions to thelaw enforcement profession in 2010, and the Georgia Chapter of the FBI National AcademyAssociates Member of the Year Award in 2011.Bill has been married to his wife Norma, a Georgia Department of Industry, Trade andTourism retiree, since August 31, 1968; they have four children and ten grandchildren.Norma and Bill reside in Rincon and are members of the Baptist Church at Ebenezer.".
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