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Kenny Stewart was born and raised in Morgan County, where he also graduated from Morgan County High School. He has a son who grew up in the same community. 

Kenny Stewart is an 18-year veteran of the Morgan County Sheriff's Office, where he has served in various roles including Road Patrol Deputy, K-9, Investigations, Narcotics, and Drug Interdiction Officer. He worked his way up to the rank of Captain, overseeing the Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division, and the Jail Division. Prior to his tenure at Morgan County, he started his law enforcement career in 1997 with the Greene County Sheriff's Office.

Kenny Stewart's campaign for County Sheriff in Morgan County is his first entry into politics.


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Believes in challenging the status quo in law enforcement; ran for Sheriff to address issues like insufficient narcotics arrests and search warrants, aiming to enhance community safety and progress.

Wants to address issues like insufficient narcotics arrests and search warrants, aiming to enhance community safety and progress.

Plans to collaborate with the community to reduce drug-related crime and its destructive impact on individuals, emphasizing the link between narcotics and criminal activities such as theft and violence.

Plans to actively engage as Sheriff, ensuring a proactive, professional, and accessible law enforcement agency, focused on community-oriented policing to safeguard property, children, and constitutional rights.

Plans to proactively address the anticipated rise in crime, including burglaries and assaults, due to industrial growth and population influx in the county's west side, aiming to stay ahead of the crime trends affecting Rockdale and Newton Counties.

- Wants to address issues like insufficient narcotics arrests and search warrants, aiming to enhance community safety and progress.
- Plans to collaborate with the community to reduce drug-related crime and its destructive impact on individuals, emphasizing the link between narcotics and criminal activities such as theft and violence.
- Plans to actively engage as Sheriff, ensuring a proactive, professional, and accessible law enforcement agency, focused on community-oriented policing to safeguard property, children, and constitutional rights.
- Plans to proactively address the anticipated rise in crime, including burglaries and assaults, due to industrial growth and population influx in the county's west side, aiming to stay ahead of the crime trends affecting Rockdale and Newton Counties.
- Opposes gun control.

Public Safety

Said, "I believe in financial responsibility for all government agencies... Currently we have a 21 million dollar Public Safety Complex that is being underutilized. One such example to bring additional funding into the county is to bring, 'Out of county inmates' into the facility. Outside agencies would then pay Morgan County to house them... I will also expand the utilization of Federal grants to reduce cost. I will seek grants that specifically assist our incarcerated individuals to help break the cycle of being locked up and placed on probation, just to repeat the endless cycle without a positive outcome..."

Wants to bring 'out of county inmates' into the county jail in order to receive funds from outside agencies for housing inmates.

Plans to utilize Federal grants to reduce taxpayer costs and wants to use grants that specifically assist nonviolent offenders in breaking the cycle of incarceration and probation.

- Wants to bring 'out of county inmates' into the county jail in order to receive funds from outside agencies for housing inmates.
- Plans to utilize Federal grants to reduce taxpayer costs and wants to use grants that specifically assist nonviolent offenders in breaking the cycle of incarceration and probation.

Jail Management

Wants to cross-train Deputies with medics and fire departments.

- Wants to cross-train Deputies with medics and fire departments.

Criminal Justice

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Kenny Stewart

Kenny Stewart was born and raised in Morgan County, where he also graduated from Morgan County High School. He has a son who grew up in the same community. There is no information provided about which church he attends or other family details.

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

Said, "I have nearly two decades of law enforcement experience... in positions including patrol, investigations, and jail services... I was assigned to the Ocmulgee Drug Task Force and later the DEA performing narcotics investigations. I have extensive experience in K-9 highway drug interdiction and street level drug operations."

The candidate's website says, "Restrict the flow of drugs through Morgan County"

The candidate's website says, "Bring a positive change to law enforcement in Morgan County"

Said, "Successful personnel management requires a Sheriff that leads from the front... Not ordering your staff to do something that you're not willing to do and take charge..."

The candidate's website says, "Lease out the bed space in your 19 million dollar jail facility"

The County Sheriff is an elected official who acts as the chief law enforcement officer in their county. They are tasked with operating the county jails, keeping courtrooms secure during trials, and keeping the public safe through proper law enforcement. Each Sheriff's Office in Georgia may look a little different in how they hire and run their teams, but all County Sheriffs have the same duties. These duties include the following:

- Operating the county jail
- Providing court security
- Serving civil papers
- Executing arrest warrants
- Providing primary law enforcement within unincorporated areas of the county
- Working with city law enforcement officers to keep municipalities safe

The County Sheriff and their office are unique to other law enforcement agencies in that it has to answer to the people it serves. Historically, a turnover in the Sheriff’s office will likely result in noticeable change within the office, so voting for this office is a very effective way to vote approval or disapproval for how county law enforcement is conducted.

The chief law enforcement officer in the county