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(March 8, 2007 -
Atlanta,
Georgia
)
Sheriff Myron Freeman calls the Hiring Event a tremendous success!!!
For the first time ever, the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office partnered with
the Georgia Department of Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond to host a comprehensive
Hiring Event. More than
2,000 applicants
filled the Georgia Ballroom at the
Georgia World Congress Center
Wednesday, March 7, 2007.
The recruiting session was an effort to fill more than 200 job openings. Interviews, background, checks, and
drug screenings were conducted on-site.
Conditional job offers are being made now. Sheriff
Freeman took an innovative approach as he launched his major recruiting campaign.
Over the next 5 years, Sheriff Freeman says he needs to hire a total of 548 people
to meet the needs of the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. The first step in the 5-year plan involved
examining staffing needs by first evaluating
where workers were deployed. After
taking office in January 2005, the Sheriff says he discovered the agency was too
top heavy. So the first thing he did was to abolish positions at the top and establish more jobs on the front lines.
Sheriff Freeman says, “In the past, we had deputies performing duties that could
be handled by civilians.
Now, we have our deputies and detention officers assigned to jobs that require
a sworn officer. Civilians are in civilian
positions. This reorganization is saving
the taxpayers’ money.” The Sheriff
thanks the Fulton County Board of Commissioners for their support of this effort.
A Federal Consent Decree requires a certain number of staff on duty to supervise
inmates and perform other duties at the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. Bringing additional
staff members on board will help the agency stay in compliance.
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
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To apply
for a position, log on to www.FultonCountyGa.gov
.
More information is also available at
www.FultonSheriff.org
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