Post Commander : Sgt . 1st Class John Vanlandingham Administrative Assistant : Regina King , crking @ gsp . net
The GSP ’ s post in Thomasville covers Colquitt , Grady , Mitchell and Thomas counties . The post currently has a total of 11 employees , consisting of six troopers , two sergeants , a corporal and an administrative assistant .
Dispatch services have been centralized to the Americus post , which can be reached at ( 229 ) 931- 7000 .
The GSP ’ s primary functions are to enforce traffic laws and to investigate vehicle accidents in the state .
The Moultrie Rotary Club presented Officer of the Year awards to individuals from multiple law enforcement agencies in January 2023 . Front row , from left , are Cpl . Calvin Dean Gibson of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division , Region V ; CSO III Danielle Paskins of the Georgia Department of Community Service ; and Cpl . Caitlyn Blakely of the Colquitt County Sheriff ’ s Office . Back row , from left , are Trooper First Class II Damien Serrata of the Georgia Department of Public Safety ; Officer Daniel Wilkerson of Colquitt County Prison ; Special Agent II A . J . Childs of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation ; Officer Nathaniel Hendry of the Moultrie Police Department ; and Sgt . Jeremy Henry of the Norman Park Police Department .
Moultrie Police Department 128 First St . S . W . ( 229 ) 985-3131 Police Chief : Sean Ladson , who came to the department in August 2017 after serving with the Colquitt County Sheriff ’ s Office for 16 years . Field Operations Commander / Special Operations : Captain Steve Exum , steve . exum @ moultrie . com Criminal Investigations Division : Lt . David Corona , david . corona @ moultriega . com Patrol Division : Lt . Fernando Hernandez , fernando . hernandez @ moultriega . com Administrative Division : Lt . Justin Lindsey , justin . lindsey @ moultrie . com Co-Responder Mental Health : Lt . Tonero Bender , toner . bender @ moultriega . com City Marshal : Lt . Alfred Anderson , alfred . anderson @ moultriega . com
Georgia State Patrol , Thomasville Post 12 4800 U . S . Highway 84 Bypass Thomasville , Ga . 31792 ( 229 ) 227-2490 Fax : ( 229 ) 225-5295
Georgia Bureau of Investigation 396 S . Pinetree Blvd . Thomasville , Ga . 31792 ( 229 ) 225-4090 Fax : ( 229 ) 225-5040 Special Agent in Charge : Jamy Steinburg , jamy . steinberg @ gbi . ga . gov Assistant Special Agent in Charge : Mike Callahan , michael . callahan @ gbi . ga . gov
The GBI ’ s Region 9 post covers Brooks , Colquitt , Decatur , Echols , Grady , Lowndes , Miller , Mitchell , Seminole and Thomas counties .
The post currently has a total of 8 agents , 2 crime scene specialists , an administrative employee , and a criminal intelligence analyst .
The GBI ’ s primary mission is to support the state ’ s criminal justice system in the areas of criminal investigations , forensic laboratory services and computerized criminal justice information . The GBI is a request agency and by law cannot receive a request for an investigation from a private citizen .
Special Agent Matt Marchant of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation explains some of the dangers with handling explosives and how simple it is to make one of the most common explosives , a pipe bomb , during a presentation at Colquitt Christian Academy in March 2022 .
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