A former DeKalb County police officer who killed an unarmed mentally ill Black Afghanistan veteran in 2015 won’t serve any more time in prison, according to a plea deal entered Wednesday.

Robert “Chip” Olsen, who appeared via Zoom for the virtual hearing, entered a negotiated plea on the same aggravated assault charge that was overturned by the Georgia Court of Appeals in March 2024.

As part of his plea agreement, Olsen was sentenced to 15 years, with 12 of those to serve in prison. But, as part of the deal, that sentence is commuted to time served — nearly five years in prison — and he will serve the rest of it on probation. That time will run consecutive to his current five-year probation on a violation of oath of office charge that he didn’t appeal.

That charge was for making a false

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