Former Atlanta police chief nominated as marshal

ATLANTA - President Barack Obama has nominated the former Atlanta police chief to serve as the U.S. marshal in north Georgia.

Obama named Beverly Harvard as his nominee on Wednesday. Harvard, who was head of the Atlanta Police Department from 1994-2002, works as director of transportation security coordination for the Transportation Security Administration.

She graduated from Morris Brown College in Atlanta and then got her master's degree from Georgia State University.

The U.S. Marshal is responsible for many tasks, including federal court security, the transportation and housing of prisoners and arrests.