Interim public safety chief tapped in Georgia

ATLANTA — Former Tift County Sheriff Gary Vowell has been tapped to head up the Georgia Department of Public Safety on an interim basis following the resignation last week of former Commissioner Mark McDonough.

McDonough tendered his resignation last Thursday at the behest of Gov. Brian Kemp in the wake of a cheating scandal in the agency’s cadet training program.

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