The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) recently selected Lt. Col. Homer Bryson as the new Assistant Chief of Law Enforcement. Bryson most recently held the position of Coastal Georgia Regional Supervisor for the WRD Law Enforcement Section. He assumes the position formerly held by Col. Terry West, who recently was promoted to Chief of Law Enforcement.

“Lt. Col. Bryson brings more than 22 years of experience to the Law Enforcement Headquarters Office and I am extremely pleased with his appointment,” says WRD Chief of Law Enforcement Col. Terry West. “He has a tremendous level of knowledge about this agency and the laws we enforce and truly will be a benefit to this agency and to the state.”

The Assistant Chief of WRD Law Enforcement must present supervisory, management and administrative skills for implementing the goals, missions and objectives of DNR. Lt. Col. Bryson’s duties will include all aspects of administrating a statewide law enforcement agency, such as recruitment and hiring of new conservation rangers, training and enforcement.

Capt. Homer Bryson began his career with WRD in January 1983. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1988 and became Captain of the Coastal Law Enforcement Region in 1997. Bryson has an associate’s degree from Abraham Baldwin College and a bachelor’s degree from Valdosta State College. He currently is enrolled in the Georgia Law Enforcement Command College at Columbus State University. He has served as Board Member, Vice-President and President of the Peace Officers Association of Georgia (POAG) and currently is Legislative Chairman of this organization.

This past year, he had the monumental task of developing and implementing the water security plan for the G8 Summit, which was a tremendous success and received numerous accolades from the federal level planners involved. Bryson also has been able to secure tremendous amounts of federal funding from the National Marine Fisheries Service for the purchase of patrol boats, vehicles, boat motors and more, which greatly benefited Region VII. He also is involved in and represents WRD on at least five law enforcement related boards and councils. -For more information, contact the Georgia DNR, WRD Law Enforcement Office at (770) 918-6408.

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