Long-time Bartholomew County sheriff’s deputy, Todd Noblitt, has been chosen as the next director of the Bartholomew County Emergency Operations Center. The county commissioners made that decision yesterday.

As a major with the sheriff’s department, Noblitt served as spokesman for former Sheriff Mark Gorbett. He ran in the Republican primary for sheriff and lost to eventual winner Matt Myers.

Previous director Ed Reuter left earlier this spring to take over as the head of the state 911 board. Reuter served in the role for 10 years.