I-Team: Sheriff under fire for spending $3M on take-home EVs

By Johnny Edwards
Published June 17, 2024

JONESBORO, Ga. - It's a new and expensive way to recruit and retain detention officers, and two metro Atlanta sheriffs are doing it.

Both the DeKalb and Clayton County sheriffs spent millions of dollars on fleets of electric vehicles. Not to move prisoners or search for criminals, but as a job perk, so employees can commute to and from work.

[Branndon]

The sheriff is dressed up like a casino dealer 😭

[renereyes]

Sheriff is running his own ev car dealership. 😂😂

[stevetaxpayer]

Did he just come from a Star Trek convention?

[booster]

Just looking at him makes me laugh 😂😂😂😂. What a joke.

[stevetaxpayer]

How much of an under-the-table kickback did he get from the car dealer that sold the $3MM worth of cars.

[puma]

Waite a minute. That 5 star clown outfit is the Sheriff's uniform. This has to be a SNL skit. Their record keeping is a dry erase board. You can't make this up.

[MaybeSomeday]

Mismanagement of taxpayer money and he literally couldnt give a dang

[northernontariowacko]

What a joke. citizens, keep paying your taxes !

[J-ndub]

Are those vest regulation ... or tailor made to fit

[slydoggish]

Is that fool wearing a gold watch !!! You been had !!!

[geneawisea]

THATS A SHERIFF?!?! He dresses like Michael Jackson!!! 😂😂

[MikeCerrooqzt]

He got a kick back from the dealership

[spyder]

Seriously needs to spend on a new uniform. Buddy, more stars doesn't make you smarter obviously. This guy reminds me of a church leader in a fur coat.

[dlight]

Who's paying for the license plates, registration, and insurance? And who pays when an employee gets in an accident with someone else?

[JamesWilliams-gpek]

That uniform is as ridiculous as he is.

[fblfvlp]

Overspending--but he stood and spoke to reporters about it.

[selvintaylor]

Dirty as hell..but streets don't have no lights and trash 🗑️.. every where..cars flying over speed limit...i don't see what he's doing..he seems corrupt 😅

[SpookyDookySr]

I saw “Atlanta” and immediately knew everything I needed to know.

[tracyshoemake]

Sheriff's job is to protect and serve

[tDELAGHETT]

Sheriff giving off Bishop Lamor Whitehead vibes