Rickey E Tumlin

Rickey is a native and lifelong resident of Gainesville/Hall County, Georgia. He was educated in Gainesville and Hall County public schools. The great-grandson of former Hall County commissioner Willis W. Tumlin and the eldest son of the late Edward G. Tumlin and the late Edith E. (Dib) Gailey Tumlin, Rickey was married to the late Florence Patricia Turk Hand Tumlin. He is a hard-working and dedicated individual that pursued his college education while working with the Hall County Sheriff's Office and was a 1988 graduate of Brenau University, the Professional College, receiving a B.S. degree with majors in both Public Administration and Criminal Justice, having graduated with honors.

Rickey is a Georgia P.O.S.T. certified, career law enforcement veteran of more than 32 years with the Hall County Sheriff's Office, having attended and has successfully completed the required mandate training at the Georgia Police Academy in Atlanta, GA, graduating near the top of his class and subsequent certification through the Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training Council. Rickey has received close to 1700 hours training through the Georgia Police Academy at Forsyth, Georgia and the regional police academy at Athens.

Rickey began his career with then Sheriff, the late Wilburn L. Reed, Jr., as a jailer in the 1935 jail on June 1, 1972. In 1974, Rickey was instrumental in the initiation of the Hall County Sheriff's Office to the Burroughs TC-500 computer and the transition to the GCCC/GCIC crime reporting procedures. During his career, Rickey worked under five different Sheriffs, having attained supervisory rank and having worked in three of the four divisions.

Rickey is an active member of the Peace Officers' Association of Georgia, Local Lodge 41 of the Fraternal Order of Police, American Deputy Sheriffs' Association, National Association of Veteran Police Officers and the American Law Enforcement Officers Association. Rickey has held positions of Secretary of Lodge 41 F.O.P., Chairman of the membership committee for the Peace Officers' Association of Georgia.

While employed with the Hall County Sheriff's Office, Rickey helped to initiate and served for about twelve years on the accident review board, which later included reviews of use of force, making recommendations of any disciplinary actions. Rickey is a firm believer in intensive training and recognition of merit, while providding maximum protection for the minimum tax dollars. He is both articulate and knowledgeable.

It is Rickey's desire to provide the maximum in professional law enforcement protection to the citizens of Hall County while exhibiting fiscal stewardship unsurpassed by prior administrations. Rickey is now operating his own successful business; CIVIL PROCESS SERVERS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA, providing free-lance services as a special process server to the attorneys in the area, while conducting seminars on judgment collection and its methods.

Having retired, following a career of more than 32 years with the Hall County Georgia Sheriff's Office, with service spanning over three years as a jailer, more than 11 years on road patrol and over 18 years as a Court Services Officer, gaining direct hands on experience with civil process, writs and other attachments and has held supervisory positions in three Divisions within the Hall County Sheriff's Office. He is the third longest serving officer ever employed by the Hall County Sheriff's Office and performed all of his duties honorably. Rickey has been found to be dedicated, determined and dependable.

Since retirement, Rickey has authored several magazine articles of both historical nature and of informational/reference content, including an article for the Beulah Rucker Museum Newsletter and for the Georgia Peace Officer magazine. Having served the last eighteen years of his career at the courthouse as a Court Services Officer, Rickey gained considerable skills and expertise in the collection of judgments and FI-FAs.

Rickey has written and published a book entitled; 'FI-FAs, Levies and the Collection of Judgments in Georgia.' His book is recommended reading by both the Georgia Civil Process Association and by the Georgia Association of Professional Judgment Collectors. Rickey has proven to be reliable, resourceful and responsible. Rickey is an avid reader, a trivia buff, a country music fan and loves Hall County history.