In July 2023, the Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation into jail conditions in Fulton County, citing violence, filthy living quarters and the in-custody death of a man whose body ...

One year after the Senate Committee on Public Safety chaired by Majority Whip Sen. Randy Robertson (R-Cataula) held a series ...

Fulton County commissioners voted on Wednesday to allocate additional funding to staff Sheriff Patrick Labat’s office, ...

"As of March 25, 2025, there were 144 vacant positions in the Sheriff’s Office, with the largest number of vacancies in the ...

While the funding passed, some commissioners took issue with language in the resolution that accuses the sheriff’s office of ...

Fulton County on Wednesday approved additional funding to pay overtime for jailers who work for the Sheriff’s Office and to support efforts to hire and retain them.

The Fulton County Board of Commissioners passed ... “As stipulated by the Department of Justice, the Sheriff’s Office needs a properly funded investment strategy that addresses pay, workload ...