Terrell Norman files to run for Columbia County coroner

Terry Norman has lived in Harlem, Georgia for over 23 years. He is married and has 2 children and 2 granddaughters. Terry has three college degrees in criminal justice, human resources, and public safety administration.

Terry is a veteran law enforcement officer, having worked with the Richmond County Sheriff's Office for 26 years and the Richmond County Marshal's Office for 16 years.

Terry Norman's campaign for coroner is his first entry into politics.

As of March 19, 2024, Terry Norman’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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The candidate's website says, "Collaborate with law enforcement, health care providers, & stakeholders to provide compassionate and supportive assistance to families in their time of need."

Wants to collaborate with law enforcement, health care providers, and stakeholders to ensure that all the assistance and support they need is given.

Intends to modernize the office and decrease investigation durations through working with other local coroners and introducing more technology into the process.

Said, "What Georgia really needs is to put in place the incentives for forensic doctors and medical assistants to want to stay in the state rather than move on after college."

- Wants to collaborate with law enforcement, health care providers, and stakeholders to ensure that all the assistance and support they need is given.
- Intends to modernize the office and decrease investigation durations through working with other local coroners and introducing more technology into the process.
- Said, "What Georgia really needs is to put in place the incentives for forensic doctors and medical assistants to want to stay in the state rather than move on after college."

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Terry Norman

The candidate's website says, "Conduct impartial and thorough investigations."

Terry Norman has been a resident of Harlem, Georgia for over 23 years and considers Columbia County his home for more than forty years. He is married to Cyndi for 24 years, with whom he has 2 children and 2 granddaughters, as well as several pets including grand pups, a grand kitty, and a kitten named Katie. Terry has achieved three college degrees in Criminal Justice, Human Resources, and Public Safety Administration while working full-time and fulfilling his responsibilities as a husband and father.

As of May 3, 2024, Terry Norman’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- The County Coroner runs the Coroner’s Office, which is responsible for determining the cause, manner, and circumstance of death under the Georgia Death Investigation Act.  
- Deaths that they are responsible for investigating include violent deaths, suicides, sudden deaths, deaths unattended by a physician, suspicious deaths, deaths of children younger than seven years old, executions, deaths of inmates, and deaths of people admitted to a hospital unconscious. 
- The Coroner is responsible for pronouncing someone dead, and for releasing remains to be cremated, transported to another state, or autopsied. 
- All Georgia Coroners are required to attend a 40 hour course at the Georgia State Patrol Training Center and receive 24 hours of in services training on death investigation procedures each year. 
- Coroners are elected to four year terms in nonpartisan elections. 

The chief medical examiner for the county