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Copied and pasted from my email.


STATE OF GEORGIA

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

ATLANTA 30334-0900

Sonny Perdue
GOVERNOR

March 31, 2008



Dear Mr. Johnson:

Thank you for sharing your experience and your concerns regarding Sheriff Victor Hill of Clayton County. I appreciate your concerns.

Under the Georgia Constitution, however, sheriffs are independent elected officers not subject to the control of the Governor. If you believe that your sheriff has engaged in criminal conduct, you may wish to discuss the situation with one or more of the following: your District Attorney, Superior Court judge, the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (P.O.S.T.), or the Georgia Sheriffs' Association. For your convenience, below are contact addresses for P.O.S.T. and the Sheriffs' Association:

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council
5000 Austell-Powder Springs Road, Suite 261
Austell, Georgia 30106
Phone 770-732-5974
Fax 770-732-5952
http://www.gapost.org

Georgia Sheriffs' Association
P.O. Box 1000
Stockbridge, Georgia 30281
Phone 770-914-1076
Fax 770-914-1179
http://www.georgiasheriffs.org

By copy of this letter, I am forwarding your complaint to the Attorney General's office for any action deemed appropriate. I appreciate your informing me of this matter and hope this information is helpful to you.

cc: Attorney General Thurbert Baker

Post what you sent to the Governor.

Post what you sent to the Governor.

Let me see if I saved a copy.

Grrr, I did not save a copy.

Basically what I said was that he is breaking the law by not allowing PD detectiveas acccess to the jail. I also complained of falling property values because of the actions of the Sheriff.

I can't wait! I missed what happened!

The bad news is that he is THE Chief LE agent in the county. The good news is that he can't blame anyone else for what HE does.

A judge can still issue an arrest warrant for the sheriff's arrest.

The bad news is that he is THE Chief LE agent in the county. The good news is that he can't blame anyone else for what HE does.

Not in GA he ain't! There is one person who can arrest the Sheriff, the Coroner. For some reason they gave the Coroner the highest LE power in the county.

It'll be interesting to see what happens.

Not in GA he ain't! There is one person who can arrest the Sheriff, the Coroner. For some reason they gave the Coroner the highest LE power in the county.

It'll be interesting to see what happens.

The Clayton County Coroner is currently sitting in the Federal Pen on Medicaid fraud charges.

Google "Marshal Newsome".

The Clayton County Coroner is currently sitting in the Federal Pen on Medicaid fraud charges.

Google "Marshal Newsome".

I should have said "any County". Surely someone had to replace him as Coroner?

I should have said "any County". Surely someone had to replace him as Coroner?

Yeah, the GBI and the State Medical Examiners Office.

Norm, you ought to start a recall petition on this guy.

Going by my many years in law enforcement and my supernaturally superior investigative skills, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I'm beginning to get the impression that Norm doesn't care for his Sheriff much. :cool: