I have the pleasure of working with the retired Probate Judge of our county. He had over 30 years on the bench when he retired. He has followed this story in the MSM, and we had time to discuss it this morning. He said regarding when the GBI is requested, the local LE requests GBI help when the local LE has a conflict of interest, or could be implicated in the crime. They also are brought in when children must be questioned because they have experts in that. GBI is asked by LE to question specific suspects. GBI help is called in if the local LE feels that they are not capable of handling an investigation.
(We know that GBI processed the crime scene and that other LE agencies loaned their investigators to SS to conduct the interviews with the questionaires. We know that FBI is processing some of the possible evidence. We know that SS has made at least one trip to talk with GBI and talked with 9 different experts on that occasion. )
The Judge feels that the reason that the GBI is not in Putnam Co. right now is that there is nothing for them to do there. They don't have someone of interest for the GBI to interrogate. They don't have anything to do in Putnam Co. that local LE cannot and is not doing.
He also said that warrants in another county must be requested by the local LE in that county and from that county's Probate Judge. In other words, if they want to conduct a search on property in Greene Co. for instance, SS must ask SH and SH will get the warrant from his Probate Judge. BTW, warrants are a matter of public record.
Unfortunately, the Judge also feels that this will be an unsolved case. I hope he is wrong.
Again, just background. Sorry if this comes out screwy, I am still learning how to do this.
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DAMIFINO, I posted a question on the GBI's Facebook page on 06/25/2014; 'Why is the GBI not assisting in the Dermond murder investigation'?
The GBI replied with a link that explained when they could get involved in an investigation. One of the options was; if the Sheriff requested their assistance.
On 06/27/2014 the GBI posted the resources that they provide and also had a twitter chat -
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https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Georgia-Bureau-of-Investigation/240044036157568
The GBI was not involved in the CSI at the Dermond's home or SD's body location on LO. They were/are involved with the tox reports, and the autopsies S & D Dermond were performed by the State/GBI Medical Examiner.
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was also authorized to assist in criminal investigations when requested to do so by the local Sheriff.
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Keeping Georgia’s communities safe
Israel police train Covington residents in counterterrorism
http://www.covnews.com/section/1/article/53690/
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Covington residents Gregory Dozier, Georgia Department of Corrections, and Inspector Sandra Putnam with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation returned from Israel after spending two weeks learning new public safety techniques and technologies.
They were in a delegation of 16 senior Georgia public safety officials led in training by Israel police officers experienced in counterterrorism measures.
Dozier and Putnam participated in the 22nd annual peer-to-peer public safety training exchange organized by the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE). They joined police officers from Atlanta, Conyers, Pine Lake, Pooler, Sandy Springs and Rome and Sheriffs from Fulton, Hall, Rockdale and Telfair counties along with delegates from the state’s departments DNR, and public safety. A special agent in charge from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation also joined the delegation.
