SOCIAL CIRCLE - The Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Division recently selected Sgt. Mike Burgamy of the Gainesville Law Enforcement office as the 2009 Supervisor of the Year.
Burgamy oversees DNR Law Enforcement operations in Banks, Barrow, Hall
and Jackson Counties, as well as Lake Lanier. He is a 15-year veteran of
the department and began serving as sergeant in 2005.
"Sgt. Burgamy is dedicated to serving Georgia's citizens while
protecting our natural resources," says Lt. Col. Homer Bryson of the
Wildlife Resources Division. "He is charged with protecting citizens
utilizing one of the state s most heavily-populated resources, Lake
Lanier, and is persistent in working above and beyond job duties and
expectations."
Burgamy also serves as an instructor for the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council and is certified in emergency vessel operation tactics, verbal judo, standardized field sobriety tests and defensive tactics.
He has served for ten years as a board member for the Hall County Safe
Kids program, which provides free personal floatation devices to boaters
on northeast Georgia lakes. In addition, Burgamy also serves as one of
only two drug recognition experts in the department.
He also recently completed the Professional Management Program at
Columbus State University.
To help with language barriers often encountered while on the job,
Burgamy took initiative to learn Spanish, allowing him to easily
communicate with Spanish-speaking customers.
In addition to his duties as a supervisor, Sgt. Burgamy has been covering two vacant ranger positions in Hall County over the past year. Burgamy answered 60
complaints totaling almost 100 hours and was involved in ten search and
rescue incidents.
Burgamy previously received recognition as Boating Safety Officer of the
Year in 2004 and Ranger of the Year for the Gainesville Law Enforcement
office in 1997 and 1998.
Tuesday
July 2nd, 2024
3:40PM
