Staff Services
Staff Services provides a variety of support functions for the GBI, including facility management, fleet management, asset management, telecommunications, agent supply, and mail.
The Facility Management Section worked on the following projects during FY'04:
Northeast Regional Crime Lab & Region-8 Investigative Office, Cleveland :
These two facilities were built on approximately eight acres of land near Cleveland ( White County ). The new investigative office is now furnished and occupied. It replaced an older facility located in Gainesville that no longer met operational needs.
The crime laboratory is completed and furnished. The instrumentation is being purchased and will be installed in fall of 2004. Occupancy of the facility will begin in fall 2004. When staffed and equipped, it will be able to provide forensic services local to the northeast region of the state.
Central Regional Crime Lab: Construction is complete on a new 15,000-square-foot Central Regional Crime Lab in Macon ( Bibb County ). It is occupied and fully operational. This facility replaces the existing 21-year-old 7,000-square-foot laboratory building and provides much needed modern laboratory space and a morgue. The facility consists of two structures, the lab building and a freestanding morgue building.
Southwestern Regional Crime Lab: Construction is almost complete on a laboratory and morgue annex to the Southwestern Regional Crime Lab in Moultrie ( Colquitt County ). Like the Coastal Regional Crime Lab Annex completed last year, this 10,000-square- foot addition provides additional toxicology lab space, a medical examiner suite and morgue.
Crime Analysis Garages: This project provides for the building freestanding crime analysis garages at six of regional investigative offices. These garages will provide office space, a garage bay and lab space for the regional crime scene specialist. Three of these garages were completed at regional investigative offices in Perry, Thomasville , and Kingsland prior to FY'04. The fourth garage in Athens , and a fifth one in Eastman were just completed. Evidence is brought to these specialized garages and processed in a controlled environment.
Supply and Mailroom
The staff of the Supply and Mailroom Section consists of three full-time employees and one temporary employee. This section maintains approximately $900,000-worth of inventory to include weapons, body armor, and radio gear, along with other equipment and supplies needed by the agents. The section also maintains a record on equipment issued, returned, lost and stolen.
The mailroom processes and sends out approximately 3,000 pieces of mail weekly, including inter-office mail throughout the state. It also provides a courier service.
During FY'04 this section worked closely with Investigative Staff Services on the following special details:
- Issued new gas masks and accessories to all GBI agents during in-service training at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center .
- Received and prepared equipment to be issued for the G-8 Summit on Sea Island .
- Issued mass fatality and clandestine lab equipment to designated agents.
- Inventoried and transferred out-dated body armor to a police academy for training purposes.
Fleet & Asset
The Fleet and Asset Section manages the GBI's fleet of more that 500 vehicles and GBI assets totally nearly 5,000 items valued in excess of $32 million.
The section managed and supported GBI staff in the use of the Fleet Anywhere software. Fleet Anywhere provides GBI staff with information regarding status of the fleet. Reports on current and projected use of vehicles have proven invaluable in the preparation of strategic budget planning.
Other services provided by this section includ accident reporting and the management of the surplus property program, commercial fuel cards and undercover commercial accounts.
Other Support Services
Staff Services is responsible for:
- The administration of the Headquarters' security personnel and maintenance contracts
- Telecommunications management
- Risk management
- Security and access management
- Contract administration.