Throughout the year the Rabun County Sheriff's Office encounters many families in need. During the Christmas season, the Rabun County Sheriff's Office offers children of these families an opportunity to Shop With a Cop. A Shop With A Cop trip at Wal-Mart will make a child's Christmas a happy event and build a trusting relationship between children and law enforcement.
The Rabun County Sheriff's Office also takes the parents grocery shopping to purchase a feast for the holidays.
Donations of any amount are being accepted by the Rabun County Sheriff's Office to make this Christmas a memorable event to local children and their families.
If interested in donating please contact:
Rabun County Sheriff's Office @ (706) 782-3612 or;
Mail donations to:
Rabun County Sheriff's Office
25 Courthouse Square; Suite 301
Clayton, GA 30525
All donations are greatly appreciated.
Click It or Ticket
If you would like any additional information about the Click It
or Ticket campaign you can visit the GOHS website at
www.gahighwaysafety.org Seat Belts Saves Lives!
Also the following brochures are available to the public at the
sheriff’s office:
- Click It or Ticket
- Georgia’s Safety Belt Law
- Georgia Child Passenger Safety Law
- Operation Zero Tolerance
- Motorcycle Safety – What you need to know
- Georgia’s Move Over Law Teenage and Adult
Driver Responsibility Act (Including Joshua’s Law)
Public Announcement:
The Rabun County Sheriff’s Office was granted an award
from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. The
G.O.H.S. is providing funds for the purpose of in-car video cameras, radars, and a laptop computer. The purpose of the grant is to provide needed equipment to make Rabun County’s roads safer. With the gain of this new equipment, traffic related offenses are expected to be better targeted which includes driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, safety restraints, and speeding. The grant period will begin on October 1st, 2006 and will end on September 30th 2007. More information and updated activities related to the grant can be found on this website or on the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety website.
Teen & School Student Drivers License Information!!!
Some laws that were passed earlier in 2004 by the Georgia Legislators and signed into law by Governor Perdue went into effect on July 1, 2004. Among the laws that went into effect were school attendance requirement changes for teens who are under the age of 18 getting or keeping a learners permit or a drivers license. Teens under the age of 18 must be enrolled in public or private school or an approved home school program and have an attendance record in good standing or have received their diploma or GED to apply or keep an instructional permit or driver's license.
The provision of a student quitting school with parental permission and being able to keep their drivers license has been removed or repealed. What this means is if a student quits school and even has the permission of a parent or legal guardian to do so, and the student is under the age of 18, that student's learners permit or drivers license will be suspended by the State of Georgia, once the State is notified by the school system, and the student will no longer be legal to drive a vehicle. Click here to read the news article.
The sheriff's office has free gun locks available to the public courtesy of Project ChildSafe. The purpose of Project ChildSafe is a nationwide program whose purpose is to promote safe firearms handling and storage practices among all firearms owners through the distribution of key safety education messages and free gun locking devices.
More information is available by clicking here or the picture below.
Posted: 09/25/2009