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12/20/2024

12/20/2024

03/01/2022

EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION:

Meet Burke County Sheriff's Office Lt. Sharlette Wright. Lt. Wright is our Operations Manager at the Burke County Detention Center. Lt. Wright has been with the department for 17 years and is definitely a pleasure to be around. She is very hardworking and always has a positive attitude with a smile attached. Lt. Wright not only works hard within her division, she is often spotted assisting other divisions and frequently assists with our Community Services Division on the weekend. We thank you for your loyalty, dedication, and hard work! Because of you, we are

11/25/2021

Do you know Dr. James McCune Smith?

Smith was the first African American medical doctor and the first to run a pharmacy in the United States. He was born into slavery in 1813 in New York and was later freed in 1827. Although he was born into slavery, he studied and graduated at the top of his classes. He obtained a Bachelor's Degree in 1835, a Master's Degree in 1836, and a Medical Degree in 1837.

Dr. Smith was also a member of the American Anti-Slavery Society and helped Fredrick Douglas start the National Council of Colored People. He devoted much of his time to aiding slaves through the Underground Railroad. Fredrick Douglas said Smith was “the single most important influence on his life."

For 20 years Dr. Smith practiced at the Colored Orphan Asylum in Manhattan until it was burned down by a mob where 100 black people were killed. Fearing for his family’s safety, he moved his family to Brooklyn.

Dr. Smith lectured on race and abolitionism and wrote numerous articles to refute racist ideas about black capacities until his death in 1865.

09/03/2021

As a law enforcement leader, it is imperative that we speak up and speak out about justices and injustices that adversely impact our profession. Many of you know that I am a proponent of higher standards and accountability for law enforcement officers and leaders.

I am ecstatic to announce that I have finished my fourth book entitled, TRUTH HAS NO COLOR. My co-author Ty Hager and I have worked tirelessly over the past six months studying activist organizations (their protests and slogans), race, politics and police. We have studied high-profile cases of alleged police misconduct, not from a Black or Blue perspective but simply as Right or Wrong. We give a historical context of race, policing and the psychology of bias while examining a dozen of the most famous police cases —from Rodney King to OJ, from Ferguson to George Floyd, and from Rayshard Brooks to Ahmaud Arbery to the Capitol Insurrection, choosing not ideological “sides” but the truth.

Enjoy the read.

02/17/2021

Is there anyone who does not LOVE this guy? We have been so blessed to call him ours since February 14, 1977! That’s 44 years y’all! So many in our community have been the recipient of his kindness, guidance and grace. He’s an employee who is willing to do anything and we hope to keep him for a long time! Thank you, Robert Allen!