Politics & Government

Deputy EMA Director Resigns amid Investigation

Employees said Lanita Lloyd asked them to help her find a second job, research personal bankruptcy and drive her child to activities.

The deputy director of the Cobb County Emergency Management Agency resigned today after an investigation into employee complaints that she made them perform personal tasks for her on county time.

Employees said Lanita Lloyd asked them to help her find a second job, research personal bankruptcy and drive her child to activities, according to county documents.

“I have regrettably lost confidence in your ability to effectively manage and lead Cobb EMA,” wrote County Manager David Hankerson in a letter Feb. 22, adding that he was proposing her firing.

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Lloyd had been on administrative leave since the investigation started Feb. 14.

She was appointed to the position in 2004 but had been with the county since 2003. 

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Lloyd spent 19 years working for the state, including time as a planner in the Georgia Office of Homeland Security, before joining Cobb County. She has coordinated the county’s response and recovery efforts after two floods, two tornadoes and Hurricane Katrina, when about 2,000 evacuees sought shelter in Cobb, according to the county website.

Lloyd is also the executive board president of the Emergency Management Association of Georgia, according to that organization's website.

Lloyd’s husband, Mickey, was the county’s public safety director before resigning in July after a county investigation about discrepancies in his military record.

Together the Lloyds have five children and two grandchildren.

Lanita Lloyd graduated from Shorter College with a bachelor's degree in business administration and from Jacksonville State with a master’s degree in emergency management.

“We appreciate Ms. Lloyd's service and wish her the best in the future,” county spokesman Robert Quigley said.


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