{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-8-2","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 36-8-2","heading":"Terms of office; removal; authority to abolish county police force.","body":"The terms for which county police shall be elected or appointed shall be left to the discretion of the county governing authority. Such county police or any member thereof may be removed from office at any time, at the will of the county governing authority, with or without cause. A resolution or ordinance authorizing the creation of a county police force adopted by a county governing authority and approved by the qualified electors of the county in a special election as provided in subsection (b) of Code Section 36-8-1 shall not affect the power of the county governing authority to abolish a county police force at any time.","path":["TITLE 36 Local Government","Provisions Applicable to Counties Only","CHAPTER 8 County Police"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.36.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":"abc207fbb2f464dafae74b360b451c8416140058a37c0555a8f46fb0efea06ff","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-8-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-8-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}