Two women with ties to Athens have been promoted within the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Agent Katie Walker was promoted to assistant agent in charge of the GBI’s Metro Gang Task Force.
Walker, who graduated from the University of Georgia in 2011 with a degree in child and family development, began her career in law enforcement as a sex offender analyst with the Georgia Information and Sharing and Analysis Center and joined the GBI in 2014.
In her new role, Walker will supervise staff assigned to the gang task force which investigates gang-associated crimes from murder to drug trafficking.