On Tuesday, Sheriff Pat Labat filed the lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court. In an Oct. 21, 2024, letter, Labat wrote he was seeking for the county to provide legal counsel to resolve the ...

Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat leaves a Fulton County courtroom on Thursday, October 31, 2024. Labat filed a lawsuit against the Fulton County Board of Commissioners over control of his budget.

"As of March 25, 2025, there were 144 vacant positions in the Sheriff’s Office, with the largest number of vacancies in the roles which provide detention services," the county said.

At Wednesday’s Fulton County Board of Commissioners’ meeting, ... It stated the number of filled positions at the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office shrank from 906 in 2020 to 875 in 2024.