FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

PR07-007

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Date:

Tracy Flanagan

February 20, 2007

(404) 730-5497
  

SHERIFF LAUNCHES MAJOR RECRUITMENT

 

(February 20, 2007 - Atlanta, Georgia )  Sheriff Myron Freeman invites qualified individuals to join him at a comprehensive Hiring Event Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at the Georgia World Congress Center .   The Sheriff is partnering with Georgia Department of Labor Commissioner Michael Thurman to hold the recruiting session in an effort to fill more than 200 job openings.  Interviews, background, checks, and drug screenings will be conducted on-site.  Conditional job offers will be made as early as 48 hours after processing.  This is the first time the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office launched a recruiting campaign of this magnitude. 

 

Positions available include:

Detention Officer                                  $26,016 – 45,051

Deputy Sheriff I                                    $33,302 – 53,316

Records and Document Specialist         $26,016  - 45,051

 

Applicants should bring the original or notarized copies of the following documents with them:  Birth Certificate, valid Georgia Driver’s License, Social Security Card, DD214, High School Diploma/GED, College Degree, Credit Report, Job History, and six personal references from individuals not related to the applicant.   Fulton County offers great benefits.  Sheriff Freeman thanks the Fulton County Board of Commissioners for approving the funding for these critical positions. 

 

The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded the prestigious Triple Crown, meaning the agency is Nationally Accredited by three well-respected commissions:  The Commission for Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), The American Correctional Association (ACA), and the National Commission of Correctional Health Care (NCCHC).  The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office was the first law enforcement agency in Georgia to earn this distinction and shares this honor with only 23 law enforcement agencies in the United States of America . 

           

                        WHAT:            HIRING EVENT

                        WHEN:            WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2007  1 P.M. – 6 P.M.

                        WHERE:          GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER

                                                GEORGIA BALLROOM

                                                285 ANDREW YOUNG INTERNATIONAL BLVD.

                                                ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30313

                        CONTACT:     (404) 730-5100