By Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News Service Feb 25, 2021
Feb 25, 2021
ATLANTA â A bill to tighten rules for allowing ex-offenders in Georgia to be released early from probation that should help thousands of people maintain jobs and housing passed out of the state Senate on Thursday.
Sponsored by Sen. Brian Strickland, R-McDonough, the bill would let first-time felons in Georgia sentenced to prison for 12 months or fewer seek early termination of their probation after theyâve been released, paid court fines and avoided another run-in with the law for two years.
The bill would allow well-behaving probationers to petition courts for early termination of their supervision terms after three years. Its aim is to cut down Georgiaâs highest-in-the-country probation population, Strickland said.
Bill would require certification for sheriff candidates
Jeff Amy, Associated Press
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ATLANTA – Aspiring Georgia sheriffs would have to earn their law enforcement certification before they pin on their badge under a bill advancing in the state Senate.
The Senate Public Safety Committee voted unanimously to pass Senate Bill 183 on Tuesday. It says that anyone who wants to file to run for sheriff in one of Georgia’s 159 counties must already be certified by the state Peace Officers Standards and Training Council. The council would have to attest that potential candidates haven’t had their certification revoked, haven’t been suspended in the past five years and aren’t under any sanction from the council at the time they qualify.
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