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Holcomb Speaks Out on Catoosa Sheriff

886 views · Published 13 July 2012 · 1:19 · Indexed 16 October 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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by John Pless  Monday we began a closer look into the Catoosa County Sheriff's race, profiling four of the five candidates who want to succeed Phil Summers, who's retiring after two decades of service. He is Fort Oglethorpe Police officer Jeff Holcomb. Just like the other four men in the race, he's a republican with law enforcement experience.He could not speak with us earlier this week because he can't campaign while on the job. We asked what sets him  apart from the four other men with similar backgrounds and political affiliation (Mike Helton, Gary Sisk, Larry Black and Ben Scott, interviewed Monday).Holcomb says he's an independent not connected with the sheriff's office, and has served in Iraq training security forces. He says he wants to improve trust between the sheriff's office and citizens."But we should also diligently protect people's rights, they should not find the sheriff's department in any way an adversary but a friend," said Holcomb. "We should be in the position where people come in and tell us look, we saw this because they want to help us."The primary election is July 31st. Unless there's a run off, the winner takes the sheriff's office since no democrats are running.

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