Command Staff
The
Whitfield County Sheriff's Office Command Staff consists
of Sheriff
Scott Chitwood as the agency head. The second in command
is Major of Operations J. A. Gibson. The remainder of the
agency is broken down into three operational Divisions: Uniform
Patrol, Ciminal Investigation, and Detention
The Uniform-Patrol
Division is under the direction of Captain Charles
Bunch. This Division is responsible for the operation
of Patrol Squads, Court
Services and
the Special Operations Unit.
The Uniform Division is the working "backbone" of
the agency spanning all 24 hours in the day.
The Criminal
Investigations Division and the Detention
Division are headed up by Captain Ricky Swiney. This
Division handles the investigation aspect of the agency
into cases ranging from simple thefts to homicides.