HENRY COUNTY, Ga. — Henry County Sheriff Reginald Scandrett says he has acquired demise threats since turning into the county’s sheriff in 2020.

Scandrett, the primary African American sheriff within the historical past of Henry County, spoke to Channel 2′s Tom Jones on Friday to deal with quite a few issues made by former sheriff candidate Jim Cox on social media concerning the state of the division.

Cox wrote a couple of mass exodus from the sheriff’s workplace and voiced disapproval over Scandrett’s spending habits and management, since turning into the sheriff.

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Scandrett says individuals have left as a result of they stated they disagreed along with his imaginative and prescient and excessive requirements for the jail.

“We had some people who said, quite frankly, we will never work for an African American sheriff,” Scandrett stated.

The sheriff stated they’ve been changed.

Scandrett says it takes round 30 individuals per shift to run the jail, and so they can at the moment solely handle to workers 25.

Speaking to Jones, Scandrett refuted the claims of overspending on sheriff facilities corresponding to a model new bathe with a Bluetooth speaker and a tricked-out truck.

Scandrett supplied Channel 2 with paperwork outlining his spending.

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When he first arrived, Scandrett stated he discovered the jail in horrible situation and determined to present it a facelift upon his arrival in 2020.

Scandrett stated he’s specializing in bringing the sheriff’s workplace as much as commonplace and rejects the false narratives he says individuals get pleasure from spreading.

“We are not going to embrace that,” Scandrett stated. “We’re not going to chase those narratives. We’re running toward the level of excellence.”

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