The first and only state secretary of juvenile justice will retire Dec. 31.
George Sweat, a former Winston-Salem police chief who moved to Raleigh to head up a juvenile justice program in 1998, was appointed the first secretary of the newly created Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention by Gov. Jim Hunt in 2000.
He was reappointed by Gov. Mike Easley to two more terms.
Spokesman William Lassiter said that Sweat is retiring at the end of the year, shortly before the end of Easley's second term and the inauguration of Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue.
After graduating from East Carolina University, Sweat began his career in 1970 with the Winston-Salem Police Department, eventually being named police chief in 1987. He served in that position for 12 years.
Perdue's transition team has not made any announcements about Sweat's replacement.
Correction: An earlier version of this post misstated the year Sweat became police chief.
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Re: Sweat retiring at the end of the year
I think the date of Sweat being named WSPD Chief is about four years too early.