Another Fayette resident has thrown his hat into the ring to run for sheriff.

Al Hogan, who formerly worked under current Sheriff Randall Johnson but left the department to “better provide” for his family, announced last week that he too is running for the office.

Hogan joins three other current members of the department in officially announcing their candidacy. The others include Capt. Barry Babb, 40, the assistant division director of field operations, Lt. Col. Wayne Hannah, 51, director of the traffic enforcement and training division and Thomas Mindar, 37, a specialist (equivalent to a corporal) in the warrants division.

All are vying to replace current long-serving Sheriff Randall Johnson, whose term expires at the end of next year.

Hogan, 43, has lived in Fayette since 1969 and is a 1982 graduate of Fayette County High School. He joined the sheriff’s department after graduating college with a criminal justice degree, starting as a jailer before graduating to road patrol.

He left the department briefly for a stint as a federal air marshal (before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he noted) and he returned to the sheriff’s department afterward and worked narcotics for a while before being transferred to work drug cases at Hartsfield International Airport in efforts to stem drug trafficking.

All told Hogan spent 10 years in law enforcement before leaving for a job in the private sector. Currently he sells heavy equipment at a dealership in Lake City.

Hogan, his wife and two children live in south Fayette.