State official racking up miles with take-home car | www.wsbtv.com

ATLANTA — A Channel 2 Action News investigation found a top state official using a take-home state car to commute thousands of miles a year and not complying with rules the governor’s office directed him to follow when the deal was authorized.

Channel 2 investigative reporter Richard Belcher said Department of Juvenile Justice Commissioner Avery Niles claims he needs the car at home to respond to emergencies, but the department can’t document any emergency call-ins for Niles.

Niles parks his assigned Chevy Impala in a slot right in front of DJJ’s DeKalb County headquarters and uses it to drive to and from his home north of Gainesville.

Gov. Nathan Deal’s chief operating officer approved the arrangement early this year and directed Niles not once, but twice, in the same email that use of the vehicle should be within state guidelines.

However, Belcher obtained the guidelines and discovered Niles is not complying with the rules that require any state official taking a vehicle home every day to have at least 12 call-ins every year. Niles can document none.

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