| Governor Picks New DPS Director |
| (Columbia-AP) -- A 33-year veteran of the FBI is Governor Mark Sanford's choice to run the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. Sanford is replacing Boykin Rose with James Schweitzer. The 51-year-old is a former chief of instruction at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Schweitzer is currently the special agent in charge of the bureau's South Carolina headquarters in Columbia. He will resign from that position if the Senate confirms him. Sanford says Schweitzer has demonstrated the public trust and is willing to think outside the box. Rose's four-year term ended on February 1st. Rose took a dollar a year for the job. The mid-range salary for the job is $134,000, but Sanford says he expects Scwheitzer will be paid less. Sanford criticized Rose's leadership during the 2002 gubernatorial campaign, saying people were forced to stand in line for hours at Division of Motor Vehicle offices. The DMV was then part of the Public Safety Department. The DMV has since become a stand-alone agency that answers to the governor's office. |