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May 21, 2008
^Reporter
MONROE COUNTY:
KNOW YOUR HISTORY CONTEST
To mark National Historic Preservation Month each May, the Reporter publishes historic Monroe County
scenes during the month to test readers’ knowledge of local history. Readers who think they know the an
swers may email to news@mymcr.net or call Gina at 994-2358. The winner will receive a small prize.
Do you know the men and the purpose of this esteemed group in Forsyth?
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Congratulations to Jane Newton for correctly identifying
the historic photos in last week’s Reporter. In her words:
The lady is Mrs. Bessie W. Tift. The occasion is the mem
bers of the commencement class in 1903 when ground
was broken for the new dormitory by Mrs. Bessie Tift.
The location is on the steps of Ponder Hall at the college.
The gentleman in the buggy is Frederick Robinson Stokes
and the location is the Forsyth Depot.
Bittick announces re-election bid
John Cary Bittick has
announced he’s running for
re-election as sheriff of
Monroe County.
John Cary
Bittick succeeded
his father, L. Cary
Bittick, as sheriff
of Monroe County
in 1982, continu
ing a tradition of
law enforcement
in the Bittick
family that began
in the early
1900s. The
Bitticks have
served as sheriff
of Monroe County
since 1922, with
the exception of two terms.
“From my father’s and
grandfather’s examples I
learned that the difference
between a long term sher
iff and a short term sheriff
was that a short term sher
iff felt his primary respon
sibility was to enforce the
law; a long term sheriff felt
that members of the com
munity were a part of his
family and he should feel
responsible for every thing
that happens to them, both
good and bad,” said Bittick.
His grandfather served as
sheriff for 30 years; his
father for 22 years. Sheriff
Bittick is now in his 26th
year as Sheriff of Monroe
County The lessons about
being sheriff were learned
by the Bitticks and passed
on as each one took office.
In 2001, the new Sheriff’s
Office and jail opened in
the Monroe County Justice
center. The jail, formerly a
32 bed, male only facility
can now house up to 174
inmates, 16 of which can
be women.
Currently the
Sheriff’s office
employs 115 peo
ple, including 55
deputies. The
Monroe County
Sheriff’s Office is
a professionally
operated, nation
ally accredited
agency with a
host of well
trained personnel.
Currently seven
Sheriff’s Office
staff have graduated from
the FBI National Academy.
The Sheriff’s Office holds
accreditation from the
Commission on
Accreditation on Law
Enforcement Agencies
(CALEA), the National
Commission on
Correctional Health Care
(NCCHC) and the Medical
Association of Georgia
(MAG).
The C.A.R.E. Cottage is a
special project begun by
Sheriff Bittick in the
1980s. The C.A.R.E.
Cottage began as a Victim
Witness program in
response to a need to serve
and assist victims of crime
and by the 1990s it devel
oped into a nationally
accredited Child Advocacy
program. It was the first
children’s advocacy center
to be established by a sher
iff’s office and is still the
only one that is run by a
Sheriff’s Office in the
United States. Opened in
1993, the C.A.R.E. Cottage
serves as a temporary,
short-term safe location for
both child victims waiting
for the arrest of their per
petrator, and for victims of
domestic violence. C.A.R.E.
stands for Child Abuse
Reporting Enforcement.
Most recently, Sheriff
Bittick initiated placing
substations in each of the
four corners of Monroe
County. Bolingbroke,
Culloden, Juliette and
High Falls are now
equipped with work space
for deputies to interact
with citizens and write
reports. These substations
will be used to coordinate
various activities per
formed by the Sheriff’s
Office in those areas. Much
like a police precinct, the
substations will provide
citizens with greater access
to the deputies that work
those areas of the county.
Active in law enforce
ment associations and
criminal justice issues,
Sheriff Bittick has served
as president of the
National Sheriffs’
Association (2001-2002),
president of the Georgia’s
Sheriff’s Association (1998-
1999) and president of the
Georgia’s Sheriffs’ Youth
Homes and was a member
of the Georgia State Board
of Children and Youth. He
is active with both state
and national sheriffs’ asso
ciation committees and
also serves on several
other law enforcement
advisement boards.
Sheriff Bittick graduated
from the FBI National
Academy, 130th class, in
1982, the FBI Law
Enforcement Executive
Development Program in
1983, and the Naval Post
Graduate School’s
Executive Leadership
Program in 2007. He also
holds a bachelor’s degree in
criminal justice from
Mercer University.
In 2008 Sheriff Bittick
was named the National
Sheriffs’ Association Ferris
E. Lucas Sheriff of the
Year. He has received the
National Sheriffs’
Association President’s
Award in 2007.
Sheriff Bittick is married
to the former Pamela
Browne and is the father of
three children—Annie,
Lawson and Christopher.
He became a grandfather
four years ago. He is a dea
con at First Baptist
Church in Forsyth and is a
Master Mason.
Bittick’s re-electoin web
site is www.bittickforsher-
iff.com. The campaign’s
email address is bittickfor-
sheriff@gmail.com , mail
ing address is PO. Box
846, Forsyth, and head
quarters will be located at
40 N. Jackson Street in the
former Persons and
Persons Building. Phone is
957-0513.
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