Fulton County Sheriff's Office (Georgia)


The Fulton County Sheriff's Office is responsible for providing law enforcement services within Fulton County, Georgia, to prevent crimes, preserve the peace, and make arrests. Responsibilities of deputies include securing and providing safety to County buildings, courtrooms, jail and other public areas and processing and securing inmates at the Fulton County jail. Fulton County, Georgia is home to Atlanta, Georgia.
The department is headquartered at 185 Central Avenue, S.W. in Atlanta.
The sheriff is Theodore "Ted" Jackson.

Mission statement

The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office is constitutionally created to:
1. Maintain the Fulton County Jail;
2. Provide services that are needed and directed by the Court Systems;
3. Provide support and educational services to the community as a method of preventing and reducing crime; and
4. Enforce Federal and State laws.

Department Rank Structure

History

The Fulton County Sheriff's Office absorbed its counterparts in the defunct Campbell County and Milton Countythat were abolished and absorbed into Fulton for financial reasons by an act of the state legislature in 1931 during the Depression.
Deputies are issued Glock 37.45 GAP pistols for their patrol duties, prior deputies were armed with the Glock 22.40 S&W pistol.

Slain officers

NameDateNotes
Ed Battle16 May 1902Gunshot
David Yancey16 June 1913Stabbed
Verner J. Yarborough25 July 1921Gunshot
Adda J. Webb7 November 1924Gunshot, Milton County Sheriff's Office
J. E. Jenkins14 February 1925Automobile accident, Campbell County Sheriff's Office
Thomas Wiley Camp3 April 1931Gunshot, Campbell County Sheriff's Office
Henry Eugene Privett11 July 1962Gunshot
Robert Willard Watson31 December 1966Automobile accident
Ricky Leon Kinchen17 March 2000Gunshot
Hoyt Keith Teasley11 March 2005Gunshot