Sex Offender Registry

The Office of Sheriff is mandated by law to register sex offenders. In an effort to enhance the effectiveness and uniformity with which this critical function is met throughout the state, the Georgia Sheriffs’ Association initiated steps to assist in this demanding task.

The Georgia Sheriffs’ Association Training Academy offers basic and annual training opportunities relative to registering, tracking, monitoring and prosecution of sex offenders. The Basic Training 101 is for newly assigned personnel who have not received formal training. The annual training conference provides ongoing support and information on advanced topics relevant to the sex offender registry. As with all training sessions, current guidelines and other pertinent information are distributed to class attendees.

Sex Offender Registry Enforcement

The Sex Offender Registry serves as a tool to warn the public and provide a means for law enforcement to track and monitor convicted sex offenders in the community. Georgia implemented the state’s Sex Offender Registry law in July 1, 1996, followed by numerous revisions throughout the years. The current statute mandates the sheriff’s office to register all sex offenders who claim residence in the county within 72 hours after release from prison or placed on probation, parole, supervised release, or entry into the state. Registration includes the tracking, monitoring, enforcement, and prosecution of registered sex offenders in Georgia.

Sex Offender Registration Task Force

The Sex Offender Registration Task Force (SORTF) is a division of the Georgia Sheriffs’ Association that assists sheriffs’ offices in the enforcement of the registry laws. The Task Force is comprised of eleven deputies from Georgia’s ten regions, one sheriff, the GSA SORTF Advisors. The representatives are knowledgeable in all aspects of the sex offender registry law and provide technical assistance to the sheriffs’ offices regarding the enforcement of the sex offender registry statutes.

The GSA and SORTF members exchange information with sheriffs’ offices via email. If you are responsible for registering and tracking sex offenders in your county and do not receive information at least once a quarter, or if you have questions related to the enforcement of the sex offender registry law, contact the representative in your region or any member of the SORTF. See below. To determine the region you are in, view the table below.

Every August, the Georgia Sheriffs’ Association Sex Offender Registration Manual is updated and distributed at the annual training conference. It is again updated in February or March. It is vital that every sheriff’s office obtain a copy of the most current Manual and flashdrive. The contents include:

  • 2023 Georgia Sex Offender Registry Laws
  • Georgia Sex Offender Registry Operational Guidelines
  • Model Policy
  • Sex Offender Registration Directories
  • Frequently Used Forms
  • Frequently Asked Questions

If your sheriff’s office does not have the most current manual and flashdrive, contact GSA’s Shelly Daniel or Brent Loeffler. Citizens may visit their local sheriff’s office website to view the sex offenders that reside and work in their county. You can also view the state sex offender registry at the GBI Sex Offender Registry website.

Georgia Sheriffs’ Association – Sex Offender Registration Task Force Members

Region 1: Frank Copeland, Gilmer County (Email)
Region 2: Casey Duffield, Gwinnett County (Email)
Region 3: Megan Bennett, White County (Email)
Northern Region At-Large: Christina Callender, Lumpkin County (Email)
Region 4: Kelli Ellington, Troup County (Email)
Region 5: Justin Hooper, Morgan County (Email)
Region 6: Tim Leonard, Houston County (Email)
Middle Region At-Large: Deputy Erica Williams, Fulton County (Email)
Region 7: Deputy Michael Kerce, Dougherty County (Email)
Region 8: Investigator Rodney Smith, Lowndes County (Email)
Region 9: Brittany Fleming, Liberty County (Email)
Region 10: Ronnie Bivins, Montgomery County (Email)
Southern Region At-Large: Georgia Rimes, Ben Hill County(Email)
At Large:
Chief Deputy Stryde Jones, SORTF Chairman, Lanier County (Email)
Sheriff Janis Mangum, Jackson County (Email)

Shelly Daniel, GSA Training & Publications Coordinator (Email)

Georgia Sheriffs’ Association – Sex Offender Registration Task Force Regions

Region 1Region 2Region 3Region 4Region 5Region 6Region 7Region 8Region 9Region 10
BartowCherokeeBanksCarrollBaldwinBullochBakerAtkinsonApplingBen Hill
CatoosaClaytonBarrowChattahoocheeBibbBurkeCalhounBaconBryanBleckley
ChattoogaCobbClarkeCowetaButtsCandlerClayBerrienCamdenCrisp
DadeDeKalbDawsonFayetteCrawfordColumbiaDecaturBrantleyChathamDodge
DouglasForsythElbertHarrisGreeneEffinghamDoughertyBrooksEvansDooly
FanninFultonFranklinHeardHancockEmanuelEarlyCharltonGlynnIrwin
FloydGwinnettHabershamMarionHoustonGlascockGradyClinchJeff DavisJohnson
GilmerHenryHallMeriwetherJasperJeffersonLeeCoffeeLibertyLaurens
GordonNewtonHartMuscogeeJonesLincolnMaconColquittLongMontgomery
HaralsonRockdaleJacksonPikeLamarMcDuffieMillerCookMcIntoshPulaski
MurrayWaltonLumpkinSpaldingMonroeRichmondMitchellEcholsTattnallTelfair
Paulding MadisonTalbotMorganScrevenQuitmanLanierWayneTift
Pickens OconeeTaylorPeachTaliaferroRandolphLowndesLowndesTreutlen
Polk OglethorpeTroupPutnamToombsSchleyPierce Turner
Walker RabunUpsonWilkinsonWarrenSeminoleThomas Twiggs
Whitfield Stephens  WashingtonStewartWare Wheeler
  Towns  WilkesSumter  Wilcox
  Union   Terrell  Worth
  White   Webster   
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