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Elbert Co. Deputy Jeff Johnson announces candidacy for Sheriff
Johnson has been a shift supervisor for the Elbert County Sheriff's Officefor six years, and serves on Elbert County's Special Response Team as a medic and a police counter-sniper, and serves on the county's Meth Lab Team. Johnson, an Elberton native, started his EMS career in 1980 while still in high school, and served various EMS departments, including the Wilkes EMS. He started his law enforcement career in 1987 with the Clarke County Sheriff's Office,he said, and has worked in law enforcement, detention, as an armed security and bodyguard, and as a reserve deputy and patrolman for the Tignall Police Department. Jeffrey Warren Johnson, 46, is married to the former Denise Seymour of Washington, and has one adult son, Jeremiah, and two sons, Brandon Howard and Matthew Howard, students at W-WCHS. After 20 years in law enforcement, Johnson says he is certified as a Senior Deputy by the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and has had extensive training and experience in meth and clandestine drug lab investigations, domestic violence and infant death investigations, street drug detection, and courtroom security. This background, he says, qualifies him to serve as Wilkes County Sheriff. "For the past year, I've been asking the public how they perceive the Sheriff's Office,"he said. "Most of the people are dissatisfied with the legal system as a whole and want someone who works for them, the public. They do not want a sheriff who sits in his office,but one who is out and about and accessible to people. We don't need a sheriff who distances himself from the public he is sworn to protect and serve." Johnson said he would reach out to the public with more neighborhood watch programs, drug awareness programs, and domestic violence intervention programs, along with regular town meetings. Johnson said that he knows the value of work. "If elected sheriff, I will report to work each day in uniform ready to go out on the road when needed, and I'll spend as much time as possible patrolling the county with the deputies." Since the sheriff is elected by the whole county, Johnson said, "I believe that all deserve equal law enforcement without regard to economic status or ethnic background. The laws are written to apply to everyone, not just some."
Saying he wants to bring more professionalism and trust back to community law enforcement, he says, "You can't make everybody happy, but you can be fair and just and treat people with dignity and respect. All these things we should expect from our elected officials. I believe that the biggest asset I bring, other than my experience, is a willingness to work and a positive 'can-do' attitude."
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