Glynn County PD/SO

[dic]

What is the difference between the two?

Do the jurisdictions vary?
I have seen a few Glynn County (very stealthy) semi marked cars on I 95, but I have never
noticed the difference.

Thanks

Dic

 

[AndrewC75]

I can't speak specifically for Glynn County, but generally PD is responsible for street patrols and crime investigations while SO is responsible for serving court papers such as TPO's and Warrants (including those taken out by PD) and managing the jail and courts.

Here in Cobb County, the SO is often also brought in on major incidents to help document the crime scene and as a neutral third party when PD is involved in a traffic accident or civilian injury of some sort.

 

[hankv]

What is the difference between the two?

Do the jurisdictions vary?
I have seen a few Glynn County (very stealthy) semi marked cars on I 95, but I have never
noticed the difference.

Thanks

Dic

There are some local variations but in general the PD jurisdiction is within City or Town limits, The SO has jurisdiction for the entire county (including cities and towns) and also runs the jails.

 

[AndrewC75]

Yes - to clarify my post above, I was speaking of cases where there county has a named policy department, i.e. Cobb County Police or Fulton County Police. Of course, the cities often have their own PD too, as mentioned by the prior poster.

 

[AndrewC75]

... a named policy department....

I don't know why it won't let me edit my own post, but that should be POLICE department. Duh.

 

[Stavro35]

I lived in Saint simons island Georgia for twenty seven year's. And monitored all the agencies in the Glynn county area for more than twenty.

The Glynn county sheriff's department does NOT provide primary law enforcement for the people of Glynn county. The Glynn county police do..

The Glynn county S.O provides jail, and court house security. Serves warrrant's and that kind of thing.

Here's an explanation as to the services provided by the Glynn county S.O
http://glynncountysheriff.org/mission.htm

The Glynn county police as stated are the primary law enforcement in Glynn county. Serving the people of Saint simons island Georgia,Sea island Georgia.
And inland communities of Glynn county.

Side note :For many years The Glynn county police and Glynn county sheriff's office shared a single frequency for everything. . This of course caused problems for the police.

A few year's ago everyone moved to a trunked system .. That information can be found at this web site .

I have some notes on talkgroups that might not be listed if anyone is interested I can dig them up.

 

[jeffmulter]

Often overlooked is the difference between the head of a county police force, vs the sheriff of a county.

As a "hired" employee, the police chief, public safety director, or whatever title the head of the county police force has is directly responsible for his / her actions and decisions to a county board.

As an elected official, the sheriff of a county is directly responsible to his / her constituents.

This difference can make for interesting politics. For instance, in nearby Charlotte / Mecklenberg County, N.C., county government has encouraged the police department to take a hands-off approach to arresting identified illegal aliens in the community.

At the same time, the sheriffs department has chosen to take an agressive approach to illegal aliens, working hand-in-hand with ICE on identifying and arresting them. They have undertaken this approach because that's what the voting public says they want law enforcement to do.