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 Major Troy Culpepper has been serving in public safety and the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office since 1986. In 1997, he was promoted from Senior Investigator to Lieutenant. In 2000, Culpepper was promoted to the rank of Captain and was appointed as the Criminal Division Commander. In 2007, Culpepper was promoted to the rank of Major and is currently the Operations Bureau Commander for the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office.
Major Culpepper has a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice and a Masters Degree In Public Administration from Columbus State University. He is a graduate from Class 4 of the Georgia Law Enforcement Command College. His citations include Academy Honor Graduate, Deputy of the Year, 2004 D.E.A. (O.C.D.E.F.T.) case of the year for the Middle District of Georgia awarded by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and a recipient of the Law Enforcement Commendation Medal. |
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The Operations Bureau consists of the Uniform Patrol Division, Criminal Investigations / Felony Apprehension Division, Courts Division, Canine Services, Special Operations, Special Events, and Mobile Command Operations. Below you can find a brief description of each sections responsibilities.
Uniform Patrol Division
 The Uniform Patrol Division provides continuous patrol services for the citizens and government of Muscogee County, Georgia, and ensures the vital support needs of all Divisions of the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office are met. Duties and responsibilities of this section are the following, but are not limited to: service of civil processes and orders, criminal warrants, prisoner transport, extraditions, emergency first responders, sex offender monitoring and enforcement, traffic enforcement and investigation, communications and dispatch, security and executive protection of officials and government infra-structure.
 Criminal Investigations / Felony Apprehension Division
The Criminal Investigative / Felony Apprehension Units are responsible for providing Investigative and Fugitive apprehension services for Muscogee County, Georgia. Other responsibilities of this unit include but are not limited to the following: participation in the Columbus, Georgia United States Marshal’s Office Ad Hoc Fugitive Task Force, assisting the Metro Narcotics Task Force, assisting all Federal and State Agencies, providing investigative assistance to the District Attorney’s Office, conducting criminal internal investigations, proactive crime control functions, executive and dignitary protection.
Courts Division
The Court Division is responsible for providing service and protection to five Superior Courts, two State Courts, one Magistrate Court, one Probate Court, One Juvenile Court, and the City Recorders Court. The City Recorders Court is operated by the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office. A Finance Office and Clerk’s Office consists within the Recorders Court operations structure. See related web site link for more detailed information regarding Recorders Court services and operations information.
Specialized Teams
- Special Response Team (S.R.T.)
- Hazardous Device Response Team
- Canine Team
- Intelligence Unit
- Metro Narcotics Task Force
The specialized teams are all assigned to the Operations Bureau. All teams are full service response Units that meet minimum level II standards under the National Incident Management Resource Typing System with the exception of the Intelligence Unit. Our canine services are inclusive of a Patrol/Narcotics Canine (Rex), Explosive/Firearms Canine (Ajax), and ground scent Tracking Canine (Luke). The Metro Narcotics Task Force is a multi-state jurisdictional Narcotics Task Force that incorporates Georgia and Alabama Counties. The D.E.A. and Georgia National Guard are also active participants in this task force.
Mobile Command Units and Strike Team
The Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office Operations Bureau, under the direction of the Sheriff and Chief Deputy, is resourced with a state of the art Mobile Command Unit and Mobile personnel Unit. The Mobile Command Unit is equipped with the latest satellite communications capability to include inter-operating most any type communication used by various public safety agencies nationally. The Mobile Command Unit is staffed by a highly trained strike team of ten personnel who are ready for deployment at a moments notice. The Mobile Command Unit’s call sign is the “Guardian” and has been planned and designed to sustain business continuity in the event our infrastructure is ever compromised especially regarding the operations of the Muscogee County Detention Facility that houses over an average of 1,000 inmates on a daily basis.
Operations Bureau Staffing
As the Commander of the Operations Bureau, please feel free to contact any of the below listed Operations personnel or myself regarding any questions, comments, concerns you may have at 706-653-4225. E-mails are also welcomed.
• Captain Mike Massey, Operations Bureau Captain
• Lieutenant Ricky Hinton, Court Division
• Lieutenant Mac Drake, Uniform Division
• Lieutenant Pamela Brown, Criminal Division
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