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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.
Georgia lawmakers should use Wednesday’s school shooting in Barrow County as a catalyst to make it harder for children to gain access to firearms, the chairman of a state Senate study committee ...
Apalachee High School is a public high school located in Barrow County, Georgia, about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Atlanta. It is part of the Barrow County School District and has about 1,900 students. [8] All Georgia schools are legally required to complete at least one active shooter drill by October 1, each academic year. [9]
In any county that does not employ or appoint a local fire official, the State Fire Marshal shall assume the duties of the local fire official with respect to fire safety inspections of educational property required under s. 1013.12(2)(b), and the State Fire Marshal may take necessary corrective action as authorized under s. 1013.12(5).
Several law enforcement agencies responded around 10:20 a.m. local time to the school, which was placed on lockdown following reports of an active shooting, the Barrow sheriff’s office said.
Two people were killed and a third wounded in a shooting early Thursday near Winder, according to the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office. The shooting was reported at about 5:40 a.m. at a home on ...
Barrow County was created from portions of Gwinnett, Jackson, and Walton counties when Georgia voters approved a constitutional amendment on November 3, 1914, making Barrow County the 149th Georgia county; there are now 159. Barrow County was named after David Crenshaw Barrow, Jr., a University of Georgia mathematics and engineering professor ...
Police said they were taken to hospital for suspected smoke inhalation.