Sheriff wants half-dozen new deputies - WALB.com, Albany News, Weather, Sports

Sheriff wants half-dozen new deputies

  • More WALB News10 HeadlinesMore News Headlines

  • Thursday, May 23 2013 7:43 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:43:51 GMT
    Workers at the Marine Corps Logistics Base will be returning to work Friday. Many of the Marine base workers were sent home Thursday following a rupture to the bases main water line. One of the water
    Workers at the Marine Corps Logistics Base will be returning to work Friday. Many of the Marine base workers were sent home Thursday following a rupture to the bases main water line.
  • Thursday, May 23 2013 7:37 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:37:04 GMT
    Four years ago one Albany Georgia student graduated from Westover High School as Salutatorian, and he did it again, this time as a Morehouse graduate student. Ernest Nelson recently walked with the rest of
    Four years ago one Albany Georgia student graduated from Westover High School as Salutatorian, and he did it again, this time as a Morehouse graduate student.
  • Thursday, May 23 2013 7:05 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:05:04 GMT
    Albany police are still on the lookout for a couple of thieves, who were prevented from selling a stolen bicycle by an alert WALB fan. The expensive road bike was stolen from a Kirt Phillips' storage
    Albany police are still on the lookout for a couple of thieves, who were prevented from selling a stolen bicycle by an alert WALB fan. The expensive road bike was stolen from a Kirt Phillips' storage

August 2, 2007

Cairo --  Grady County Sheriff Harry Young says he doesn't have enough deputies, and that affects response time and public safety.    Young says his office only has enough money to have two deputies working each shift.      

He says with the size of the county, he needs at least three or four. It sometimes takes deputies 45 minutes to respond to calls.       

"Presence of law enforcement is probably the number one deterrent of crime," Young said.  "And if you don't have enough deputies to be out patrolling and responding then it puts everybody in a bad situation."   

Young currently has 10 deputies and two investigators. He asked the county commission for six new deputies and another investigator.      

He says commissioners have told him he'll only get enough money to hire one more person for the 2008 fiscal year.

Feedback: news@walb.com?subject=GradySheriffdeputies/SB