THOMASVILLE, GA (WALB) -
By LeiLani Golden - bio | email
THOMASVILLE, GA (WALB) –Gubernatorial candidate Roy Barnes picked up support from 19 Sheriffs from across South Georgia Monday in Thomasville.
Those Sheriffs praised Barnes' record of reducing Georgia's crime rate and cracking down on criminals.
They say it's important to have a governor willing to work with law enforcement on the local level to provide resources that help them do their job. Barnes pledged to stop the closing of regional crime labs and reopen the ones already shut down.
"Everybody sees CSI," says a concerned Barnes, "and if you don't have the tests that are necessary that satisfy the jurors as to what they think should happen in a crime lab, then it becomes more difficult to convict those of a crime who are guilty."
The South Georgia Sheriffs who showed up to support Roy Barnes are:
Sheriff David Moore, Atkinson County
Sheriff Bobby McLemore, Ben Hill County
Sheriff Anthony Heath, Berrien County
Sheriff Tommy Gregory, Camden County
Sheriff Winston Peterson, Clinch County
Sheriff Jerry Pope, Coffee County
Sheriff Al Whittington, Colquitt County
Sheriff Johnny Daughtrey, Cook County
Sheriff Randy Courson, Echols County
Sheriff Richard Deas, Jeff Davis County
Sheriff Harry Young, Grady County
Sheriff Nick Norton, Lanier County
Sheriff Cecil Nobles, Long County
Sheriff Chris Prine, Lowndes County
Sheriff Buddy Glass, Miller County
Sheriff W.E. Bozeman, Mitchell County
Sheriff Heath Elliott, Seminole County
Sheriff Larry Jones, Stewart County
Sheriff Carlton Powell, Thomas County
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