{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-35-1-12","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 35-1-12","heading":"Chief of police or law enforcement head; exception.","body":"Any county, municipality, or other public subdivision of this state which has a law enforcement agency shall declare a chief of police or a law enforcement head for such law enforcement agency who is required to be a certified peace officer pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 8 of this title, known as the “Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Act.” The provisions of this Code section shall not apply to sheriffs.","path":["TITLE 35 Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies","CHAPTER 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.35.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"8a8a62c13fd80f0b2e49d08ff1248ed98d2a1e6269a504302cd4ed49b7f3fa7e","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-35-1-11","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-35-1-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}