The following deputies were promoted to the following ranks and positions in 2023.

• Corporal Zakia Luke in Road Patrol.
• Corporal Billie Albright in Detention Services.
• Corporal Japonica McKinney in Detention Services.
• Corporal Michael Hickson in Road Patrol.
• Sergeant Aaron Hannsz in Road Patrol.
• Sergeant Laura Turner in Road Patrol.
• Sergeant Claudia Mock in Detention Services.
• Lieutenant Daniel Windham in Road Patrol.
• Lieutenant Michael Hodge in Road Patrol
• Lieutenant Nathan Jones over the Training Division
• Captain Brandon Reeeves over the Special Operations Division.
• Captain James Kelly in CID
• Captain Ben Harman in Narcotics/VICE
• Captain Mike Swint over Road Patrol
• Colonel Jimmy Wylds over Court and Detention Services
• Colonel Lee Webster over Auxiliary Services
• Colonel Chad Pleuger over FIeld Operations

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BURKE COUNTY (WJBF) – The Burke County Sheriff’s office is collecting donations to send to Texas. As the entire country watched in helpless horror, residents of the Lone Star State dealt with days of freezing temperatures, no electricity, and many without water. At this time the death toll from that winter storm stands at 16. Several of those people froze to death. Continue Reading →

BURKE COUNTY (WJBF) – The Burke County Sheriff’s Office will begin their Senior C.A.R.E. program starting Monday. Sheriff Williams, Deputies, and properly screened volunteers such as those who have completed our Citizens Police Academy will be assisting the elderly, homebound, medically disabled, and/or high risk individuals with purchasing necessary items due to the current Covid-19 situation. They want to make sure the community is taken care of and released the below information: Continue Reading →

BURKE COUNTY, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) -- A group of Burke County first responders were honored for their live-saving work by Sheriff Alfonzo Williams, Burke EMA Chief Sanders, and Chief Deputy Blanchard. Continue Reading →