Deputy Executive, Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council

Chris Harvey grew up in Dunwoody and graduated from Marist High School. He then
earned a BA in Political Science and Criminal Justice from The Citadel, The Military
College of South Carolina, in 1989.
After several years of seminary and teaching high school, he began his law
enforcement career with the DeKalb County Police Department in 1994. In 1997, he
achieved his goal of becoming a Homicide Detective. 
He served as the Chief Investigator for the DeKalb County DA Office (where he
oversaw the investigation of the murder of Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown in 2000) before
becoming the Director of the Cold Case Homicide Task Force for the Fulton County DA
Office. In 2007, he became the Chief Investigator for the Georgia 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
including the 2016 Presidential Election, the 2018 Governor Election and the 2020
Presidential Election.
In July, 2021, he was appointed as Deputy Executive Director of the Georgia Peace
Officer Standards and Training Council or POST (the state agency responsible for
setting training standards for, as well as certifying and sanctioning all peace officers in
Georgia.)
Chris is a founding member of the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections (CSSE)
which is a collaborative, non-partisan group of law enforcement and elections experts
formed to help law enforcement and election officials work together to respond to
threats to election officials and to intelligently integrate law enforcement in securing
elections. Chris lives in Decatur with Cathy, his wife of 28 years, where they have raised
their four children. In his spare time, he enjoys working out, reading, public speaking,
teaching and training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.