Georgia sheriffs department. The deputies average approximately 1100 inmate transfers to the department of corrections and 500 mental health transports per year to locations throughout the state of georgia. The sheriffs office serves in excess of 15000 civil processes and 2000 criminal warrants every year. Sheriff lynn sheffield welcomes you to the dodge county sheriffs web site.
We are committed to you the people of dodge county georgia. Complete our quick and easy raffle license application. In most counties with a sheriff and a county police department the sheriff voluntarily relinquishes the general law enforcement responsibilities to the county police department although.
Gwinnett county sheriffs office 2900 university parkway lawrenceville ga 30043 770 619 6500 c2020 gcso. The georgia constitution mandates that each county has a sheriff and legislation designates the sheriff as the chief law enforcement officer in the county. Every employee is committed to providing the highest level of service possible to the citizens of cherokee county.
The richmond county sheriffs office a diverse organization of professional men and women is the largest full service sheriffs office in georgia. Dekalb county sheriffs office understands that the agency is a source of information for the public regarding criminal activity in the community. To that end the office of public information is committed to cooperating with legitimate news media outlets to provide relevant facts that are public record.
Since the early 1950s the georgia sheriffs association has existed to support the office of sheriff through training technical and operational support legal assistance and legislative and governmental affairs representation. The mission of the chatham county sheriffs office is to enforce state law and provide the finest public safety services to the people of chatham county which includes protecting the judiciary executing orders of the courts supporting our law enforcement partners and providing for the care custody and control of legally incarcerated inmates. The cherokee sheriffs office is comprised of 455 dedicated men and women.
We are here to provide the best public safety service possible.