GC’S NEW INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CHIEF OF POLICE NIKKI RENFROE

Lily Pruitt

Asst. News Editor

On Feb. 20, GC students were informed via email from Lee Fruitticher, GC Vice President for Finance and Administration, that former Di- rector of Public Safety and Chief of Police for four years, Brett Stanelle, departed GC. There was no explanation given.

There are rumors that Stanelle ignored an anonymous tip about hazing and was fired, but this has not been proven.

Nikki Renfroe, native of Milledgeville, has been announced as Interim Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police.

Renfroe was first a dispatcher for the Milledgeville Police Depart- ment at 19. She wanted to be an officer, but the Chief at the time told her she was too young.

“That is where I first got the confirmation, if you will, or notion to be in law enforcement,” Renfroe said.

She then tried to be an officer for GC Public Safety, but the other candidate got the position. This is when Renfroe applied to be a dispatcher and trooper with the Georgia State Patrol. She was assigned as a