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Carroll County Sheriff's Office

Congratulations to Deputy Ricky Rayburn on his promotion to Sergeant over the School Resource Officers at the Carroll County Sheriff's Office.
Sergeant Ricky Rayburn has over 41 years of experience in law enforcement which began in July 1979 at the Bremen Police Department as a firefighter and dispatcher. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1983 and remained there until April 1985 when joined the Carrollton Police Department. While enjoying his duties there, he was promoted through the ranks of Corporal in June 1986, Patrol Shift Sergeant in May 1988, and Lieutenant in December 2005. He served many years as the departmental Training Director which included the supervision of the GCIC/NCIC operations and audits along with overseeing the operations of the Court Services Division and staff. He is a certified instructor teaching numerous classes over the years to include Supervision, Management, Emergency Vehicle Operations, Defensive Driving and Security and Integrity through the GCIC/NCIC division. His extensive training record and leadership has equipped him to serve as a great leader in the law enforcement field.
Sergeant Rayburn is a Georgia Military College graduate in Criminal Justice. He served as the President of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 35, Safety Committee Director for the City of Carrollton, and committee member of the Northwest Georgia Police Academy Advisory Board. He has worked many years in leadership with the joint operations of both the Carrollton Police Department and the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department in their Special Forces Camp as well as Carrollton Citizen’s Police Academy, Youth Police Academy, Sheriff’s Youth Camp and Sheriff’s Camp Pineland.
Sergeant Rayburn retired from the Carrollton Police Department as Training Director Lieutenant in April 2016 and joined the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department to serve as School Resource Officer. He comes to us with much experience and a continuing passion for law enforcement.
Sergeant Rayburn is married to Bonnie Rayburn and has five children and six grandchildren. He is an active member of his church where he serves as Youth Director. He loves preaching the Word of God and spending time with teenagers and special needs children and adults. We are very proud to have Sergeant Rayburn as part of our department as he is an asset to all those around him and his love and passion for the youth in our community is a blessing!