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Clarkston Police Department 
Press Release
Clarkston City Manager Appoints New Police Chief
Clarkston, Ga. –Clarkston City Manager Keith Barker today announced the appointment of Christine Hudson as the new City of Clarkston Police Chief. Chief Hudson began her career with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department in 1983. She left the Sheriff’s Department and went to work as a patrol officer for the City of Decatur Police Department. During her tenure with Decatur Police Department, she was ultimately promoted to the rank of Police Major. In 1991, the Georgia Women in Law Enforcement named her “honoree” for the DeKalb County Officer of the year program. That same year she was honored by the Georgia Bar Association as “Officer of the Year” for DeKalb County. She has also co-authored and article titled “A Small City’s Approach to a Big Drug Problem,” published in the Law and Order magazine.
In February 2005, Hudson left police work here in the States and went to Baghdad, Iraq to train the Iraqi Police. While there Hudson became a Team Leader to the American contractors who worked with the Iraqi Major General in charge of Internal Affairs for all of Iraq. She began her tenure with the City of Clarkston in 2009 as a Lieutenant and was ultimately promoted to the rank of Captain prior to serving a brief period as the Interim Chief of Police.
“I have a tremendous amount of faith and trust in Chief Hudson’s ability to move the Clarkson Police Department in the right direction, states City Manager Barker. She is a team player who is respected by officials in all the various local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. She brings a tough but fair management style to the position that has already proven effective with both the officers and members of the community.”
Who: Clarkston Police Department
What: New Police Chief Appointment
Where: City of Clarkston
3913 Church Street
Clarkston, Ga. 30021
When: Thursday, February 2, 2012
Contact: Keith Barker
City Manager
(404) 296-6480
Interactive Defense Website Training
Would you like to learn how to fully utilize the Clarkston Police Department’s new website, Interactive Defense? A training session will be held on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 10:00a.m. in the Clarkston City Hall courtroom. Website staff will be available to educate and answer your questions. This training is open to the citizens of Clarkston. The citizens are encouraged to bring their laptop computers.
INTERACTIVE DEFENSE
Interactive Defense is based on a social media format and allows residents and officers to communicate more efficiently. Residents can sign up for home watches while they are on vacation, view a list of wanted and missing people, receive emails directly from officers about suspicious activities and crimes, and send and receive emails from other residents in the city. Citizens can choose to receive email and text message alerts on information released from the police department. Click on the registration link below to start exploring the latest information from the police department.
To register or log on, click on the link:
www.clarkstonids.com
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