Promotions

     Each year, employees with the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office honor one of their own by voting for “Officer of the Year.”  There is only one officer chosen yearly. Recipients’ of this award are truly honored because it is voted on by their peers, the same people they work beside and with daily. Below are the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office “Officers of the Year.” The dedicated Deputies below reflect almost 600 years of combined service to the citizens of Pickens County.

“There is no higher honor than human service.  To work for the common good is the greatest deed.”

1980   E. David Forrest	1982   Dewey Smith	1983   Robert Anthony
1984   Jimmy Davis	1985   A.L. Dalton	1986   Dot Trotter
1987   Earl Maw Jr.	1988   Lane Byers	1989   David Lovell
1990   Garry Bryant	1991   Rodney Thomas	1992    Phil Sargent
1993   Jerome Lathem	1994   Tony Robinson	1995   Bill Lynn
1996   Chad Brooks	1997   Rodney Thomas	1998   Barry Crowe
1999   Jeff Richardson	2000   Carl Hudson	2001    Dwayne Leslie
2002   Ben Finley	2003    Kett Fowler	2004   Max Sailors
2005    Keith Galloway	2006   Scott Ticknor	2007   Jody Perry
2008   Drew Sisco	2009   Charles James	2010   Lee Clark
2011  Dana Kelly	2012	2013
2014	2015	2016

2011 Reserve Officer of the Year
Pickens County Sheriff's Office, Reserve Officer  Randy Durham