Haralson County Sheriff's Office

Haralson County Sheriff's Office deputies in Georgia patrol the county 24 hours a day, investigate crimes, arrest suspects and hold defendants in custody both before trial and after sentencing. The office also secures the courtrooms, serves civil and criminal papers and transports prisoners and mental health patients. Its administrative division includes Professional Standards and Training, which handles internal affairs, recruiting, hiring and in-house classes taught by Georgia POST certified instructors. The Detention Division takes in the detention center, an inmate work program that has inmates cut grass and maintain county buildings, and a reception desk that doubles as the main GCIC terminal and the contact point for warrants, bonds and releases. The jail holds pretrial detainees along with state and county sentenced inmates, both men and women, and all visits take place by video chat. The Criminal Investigative Division handles property, financial and violent crimes and crimes against children, while a crime scene technician trained in blood pattern analysis, shooting reconstruction, trace evidence and death investigations works major scenes and an evidence custodian logs every item. Community work includes school C.H.A.M.P.S. lessons, driver safety education and help organizing neighborhood watch groups.