Alpharetta Deputy Public Safety Director Put On Paid Leave

ALPHARETTA, GA —After allegations were made against the Alpharetta Public Safety Deputy Director, he has been put on a paid administrative leave until an investigation is complete, the department said.

The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint alleging electronic threats and invasion of privacy by two separate complainants against multiple individuals, Cpl. Pete Sabella said.

The Forsyth Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division has begun an investigation into these complaints, and the investigation is currently active and ongoing. The findings will be available upon completion of the investigation, Sabella said.

On June 3, a woman contacted the Sheriff's Office to report "what she believed to be a number of possible criminal violations having occurred in Forsyth County," according to an incident report.

The criminal violations ranged from unlawful surveillance, computer theft/trespassing/invasion of privacy, terroristic threats and pornography.

"This activity surrounded members of the Pleasant Manor Estates subdivision's Homeowners Association and a group text. Select members of the HOA, that participated in the group text, had reportedly gained access to other residents, of the HOA, social media accounts. Images of the other residents were acquired. Those images were cropped from their social media acccounts. Those cropped images were then used and morphed onto other images. The select members of the group text would then comment on the images," the incident report said.

"I am cooperating with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s office who is investigating allegations made against a group of people that includes me," McCall said. "I am unable to comment until the investigation has been concluded."

Assistant City Administrator James Drinkard said the city is aware of allegations that have been made against McCall.

"Per our policy and procedure, he has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into the matter," Drinkard said. "Once the investigation has been concluded and the facts established, the city will respond appropriately. Until that time the city will have no further comment about this matter."

McCall was chosen to serve as its new deputy director in 2014. He is responsible for monitoring the daily operations of the agency's field units, and will report directly to public safety director.

McCall started his career with the Alpharetta Fire Department in 1998. He has served previously within the Alpharetta public safety organization as the public information officer, emergency manager and interim deputy director.

He is also currently on the Forsyth County Board of Education for District 1.