CLEVELAND, Ga. – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has promoted Larry Rudeseal, a Toccoa native and longtime North Georgia law enforcement officer, to assistant special agent in charge of the agency’s Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO).
Rudeseal will help oversee ARDEO, a multi-agency narcotics unit that serves 30 counties in northwest Georgia.
“Rudeseal has built a career defined by service, integrity, and outstanding investigative work,” GBI Director Chris Hosey said in an announcement. “His extensive experience in drug enforcement and his proven leadership make him exceptionally prepared to help guide ARDEO in its mission and serve our North Georgia communities.”
Rudeseal began his law enforcement career in 2001 as a detention officer with the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office and later served as a patrol deputy. He went on to work as an investigator in Franklin County before joining the GBI in 2004 as a task force agent.
Rudeseal earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Piedmont University in 2008.
