Welcome to our informative interactive website.  It is my goal to make as much information as possible available to you 24 hours a day within the guidelines of the law and the limits of technology.  Check back often for updates and additional improvements.  

Sheriff’s Message

As an elected constitutional officer and the Chief Law Enforcement Officer for Henry County my primary focus is the safety and wellbeing of our citizens.  I do this with over 300 employees working around the clock to maintain two adult detention facilities with 908 beds, serve over 32,000 civil papers and nearly 7,000 warrants a year, and provide security for 14 courtrooms in four separate buildings.  We fight serious crimes by assigning Deputies to Federal Law Enforcement Task Forces and Drug Interdiction Units as well as with the Flint Circuit Drug Task Force.  Additionally, we provide School Resource Officers (SRO) to the Henry County Board of Education and document, track and, when necessary, prosecute sex offenders.  We also provide in-school educational programs to over 6,200 students monthly and adult programs on a continuous basis.  We are an active involved part of our community.

I walked into a rapidly degenerating economy when taking office January 1, 2009 fully knowing the challenges of operating a new jail complex that more than doubled in size.  I also knew it was necessary to improve the quality of our constitutional services and to insure my staff performed at professional levels.

As an elected constitutional officer, I also know I am answerable to the citizens.  With that in mind it is important that I stay focused on providing professional services while controlling costs, especially during the current fiscal crisis.  Part of controlling costs includes making information available to you without incurring additional expenses for the taxpayer.  This new website is part of that effort. 

We have taken the lead in finding other ways to stretch tax dollars to include cost reductions throughout the Sheriff’s Office complex as well as helping other departments under the authority of the Board of Commissioners.  We are finding direct cost savings by renegotiating jail service contracts, reducing paper usage through technology, better managing inmate medical, laundry, and food services, reducing uniform expenses, and by using funds confiscated by our Drug Task Force Deputies to purchase equipment. 

We are also helping the Board of Commissioners by providing an inmate workforce to take over building cleaning and roadside trash pickup. All in an effort to keep a number of County facilities clean while reducing expenses. 

We hope you will easily locate the information you are looking for and find the convenience and information available throughout our website helpful.  Come back and look for updates often. 

Keith McBrayer
Sheriff