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Waycross is the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Ware County in the U.S. state of Georgia.The population was 13,942 in the 2020 census.. Waycross includes two historic districts (Downtown Waycross Historic District and Waycross Historic District) and several other properties that are on the National Register of Historic Places, including the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Lott ...
The Waycross Micropolitan Statistical Area , as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Georgia, anchored by the city of Waycross. As of the 2000 census , the μSA had a population of 51,119 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 54,494).
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Georgia.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 628 law enforcement agencies employing 26,551 sworn police officers, about 274 for each 100,000 residents.
Ware County, Georgia's 60th county, was created on December 15, 1824, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly from land that was originally part of Appling County. The county is named for Nicholas Ware, the mayor of Augusta, Georgia from (1819–1821) and United States Senator who represented Georgia from 1821 until his death in 1824.
Ware State Prison is a Georgia Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia. [1] The facility first opened in 1990, and has a maximum capacity of 1546 inmates. [2]
HuffPost looked at how killers got their guns for the 10 deadliest mass shootings over the past 10 years. To come up with the list, we used Mother Jones’ database, which defines mass shootings as “indiscriminate rampages in public places” that kill three or more people.
Pierce County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,716. [1] The county seat is Blackshear. [2] Pierce County is part of the Waycross, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The Department of Public Safety was created as Georgia citizens complained about increased traffic fatalities, crime, and a need for a larger law enforcement agency with statewide arrest powers. Georgia lawmakers decided to create the State Patrol. In 1937, Governor E.D Rivers appointed Philip H. Brewster, Sr. as its first permanent commissioner.