Administration: (601) 947-4811 Communications Center: (601) 947-9156 (24 hours) Investigations: (601) 247-2058 (601) 247-2064 (601) 247-2065 355 Cox Street, Suite B Lucedale, MS 39452 Administrative Office Hours: M-F 8:00am - 5:00pm This website is dedicated to the memory of Sheriff Garry Welford GEORGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the George County Sheriff’s Department is to maintain social order and provide professional law enforcement services to citizens in the community, within prescribed ethical, budgetary, and constitutional constraints. This department strives to enforce the law and maintain order in a fair and impartial manner, recognizing the need for justice, and consistent appearance of justice. The Sheriff recognizes that no law enforcement agency can operate at its maximum potential without supportive input from the citizens it serves. This department actively solicits and encourages the cooperation of all citizens to reduce and limit the opportunities for crime and to assist in bringing to justice those that break the law. “The glory of justice and the majesty of law are created not just by the Constitution - nor by the courts - nor by the officers of the law - nor by the lawyers - but by the men and women who constitute our society - who are the protectors of the law as they are themselves protected by the law.” - Robert Kennedy “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” - Marcus Aurelius George, Greene, & Jackson County District Attorney | Mississippi Sheriffs' Association National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) George County Sheriff's Department | © 2021 George County, Mississippi