During Monday night's Fairburn

City Council meeting, city attorney Brad Sears swore in Frederick W. Brown

of Auburn, Ga., as Fairburn's new police chief

Brown told the City Council

he believes that officers can make a difference in the quality of life

for the citizens of Fairburn.

His goals for the Fairburn

Police Department are to improve morale and operational structure and

to provide excellent services to the citizens. He said the first thing

he would like to work on is state certification, widening the community

effort and expanding a neighborhood watch throughout Fairburn.

Brown was accompanied by his

wife and daughter and three visiting police officers from Auburn, Lieutenants

Danay Crawford, Lee Lapsky, and Kevin Steinfield.

Brown officially starts his

new job Monday.