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Curtis is from Gwinnett County and holds a bachelor's degree in business management and a master’s degree in professional business leadership from Shorter University. He has two adult children.

Curtis has served as a police officer, field training officer, and detainee court transportation coordinator. He has also worked as a Gwinnett police homicide and SVU (special victims unit) investigator. Curtis served in the U.S. Marine Corps. 

Curtis Clemons served as a Gwinnett County Deputy Sheriff. He was appointed to this position in 1989. He also ran for Gwinnett County Sheriff in 2020, but lost in the runoff election.

Plans to implement competitive pay and benefits aimed to attract and retain employees.

Wants to partner with colleges and universities to develop a recruitment pipeline.

Advocates for youth mentoring to reduce criminal activity amongst youth through community and school organizations, volunteer opportunities, and platforms encouraging open communication with the sheriff's office.

Wants to optimize resources and develop energy efficiency to save costs.

Plans to pursue federal grants and partnerships with outside agencies to help supplement the law enforcement budget.

- Plans to implement competitive pay and benefits aimed to attract and retain employees.
- Wants to partner with colleges and universities to develop a recruitment pipeline.
- Advocates for youth mentoring to reduce criminal activity amongst youth through community and school organizations, volunteer opportunities, and platforms encouraging open communication with the sheriff's office.
- Wants to optimize resources and develop energy efficiency to save costs.
- Plans to pursue federal grants and partnerships with outside agencies to help supplement the law enforcement budget.

Public Safety

Wants to improve the medical and mental health care for detention center detainees by implementing mental health services, routine medical checkups, preventive care initiatives, and specialized units for inmates with severe mental health issues.

Plans to establish officer training to ensure understanding of inmate mental health.

Plans to prioritize allocating funding towards "critical functions," such as detainee care and deputy safety.

Plans to develop financial audit aimed to mitigate overspending or inefficiency.

- Wants to improve the medical and mental health care for detention center detainees by implementing mental health services, routine medical checkups, preventive care initiatives, and specialized units for inmates with severe mental health issues.
- Plans to establish officer training to ensure understanding of inmate mental health.
- Plans to prioritize allocating funding towards "critical functions," such as detainee care and deputy safety.
- Plans to develop financial audit aimed to mitigate overspending or inefficiency.

Jail Management

Plans to prioritize integrity by implementing strict ethical guidelines, an anonymous reporting system, continuous ethics training for staff, and routine audits.

Wants to install reentry programs aimed to minimize the likelihood of   a criminal re-offence.

Plans to develop initiative educating officers on "handling domestic violence situations with sensitivity and professionalism."

Plans to create a specialized unit in the Sheriff's Office for domestic violence cases and to promote community awareness to encourage reporting such incidents.

- Plans to prioritize integrity by implementing strict ethical guidelines, an anonymous reporting system, continuous ethics training for staff, and routine audits.
- Wants to install reentry programs aimed to minimize the likelihood of   a criminal re-offence.
- Plans to develop initiative educating officers on "handling domestic violence situations with sensitivity and professionalism."
- Plans to create a specialized unit in the Sheriff's Office for domestic violence cases and to promote community awareness to encourage reporting such incidents.

Criminal Justice

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Curtis Clemons

Curtis is from Gwinnett County and holds a bachelor's degree in Business Management in 2010 and a master’s degree in Professional Business Leadership in 2011, both from Shorter University. 

Curtis served as a police officer, Field Training Officer, and Detainee Court Transportation coordinator. He also worked at the Detention Center and in Field Operations, serving Criminal warrants and Civil process correspondence. He also served in the U.S Marine Corps. 

Curtis Clemons served as a Gwinnett County Deputy Sheriff. He was appointed to this position in 1989. He also ran for Gwinnett County Sheriff in 2020, but did not win. 

Plans to prioritize allocating funding towards "critical functions", such as detainee care and Deputy safety.

Plans to pursue Federal grants and partnerships with outside agencies to help supplement the law enforcement budget.

Wants to install measures to promote optimizing resources and developing efficiency sources of energy.

Plans to install youth mentoring aimed to mitigate potential criminal activity amongst local youth through community and school organizations, volunteer opportunities, and platforms encouraging open communication with the sheriff's office.

- Plans to prioritize allocating funding towards "critical functions", such as detainee care and Deputy safety.
- Plans to pursue Federal grants and partnerships with outside agencies to help supplement the law enforcement budget.
- Wants to install measures to promote optimizing resources and developing efficiency sources of energy.
- Plans to implement competitive pay and benefits aimed to attract and retain employees.
- Wants to partner with colleges and universities to develop a recruitment pipeline.
- Plans to install youth mentoring aimed to mitigate potential criminal activity amongst local youth through community and school organizations, volunteer opportunities, and platforms encouraging open communication with the sheriff's office.

Wants to Improve the Medical and Mental Health care for Detention Center Detainees by implementing mental health services, routine medical checkups, preventive care initiatives, specialized units for inmates with severe mental health issues.

Plans to install officer training aimed to ensure a sufficient understanding of inmate mental health.

- Wants to Improve the Medical and Mental Health care for Detention Center Detainees by implementing mental health services, routine medical checkups, preventive care initiatives, specialized units for inmates with severe mental health issues.
- Wants to install reentry programs aimed to minimize the likelihood of   a criminal re-offence.
- Plans to install officer training aimed to ensure a sufficient understanding of inmate mental health.

Plans to create a specialized unit in Sheriff's Office working domestic violence cases and promote community awareness to encourage reporting such incidents.

- Plans to develop financial audit aimed to mitigate overspending or inefficiency.
- Plans to create a specialized unit in Sheriff's Office working domestic violence cases and promote community awareness to encourage reporting such incidents.
- Plans to develop initiative educating officers on "handling domestic violence situations with sensitivity and professionalism."
- Plans to prioritize integrity by implementing strict ethical guidelines, an anonymous reporting system, continuous ethics training for staff, and routine audits.

The County Sheriff is an elected official who acts as the chief law enforcement officer in their county. They are tasked with operating the county jails, keeping courtrooms secure during trials, and keeping the public safe through proper law enforcement. Each Sheriff's Office in Georgia may look a little different in how they hire and run their teams, but all County Sheriffs have the same duties. These duties include the following:

- Operating the county jail
- Providing court security
- Serving civil papers
- Executing arrest warrants
- Providing primary law enforcement within unincorporated areas of the county
- Working with city law enforcement officers to keep municipalities safe

The County Sheriff and their office are unique to other law enforcement agencies in that it has to answer to the people it serves. Historically, a turnover in the Sheriff’s office will likely result in noticeable change within the office, so voting for this office is a very effective way to vote approval or disapproval for how county law enforcement is conducted.

The chief law enforcement officer in the county