White County Deputy Richard Tabbott and GSP Trooper 1st Class Chase Greene received the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office’s Interdiction Award for 2014. The award is given annually to the law enforcement officer in this area who makes the most narcotics cases from traffic stops. This year there was a tie.
The Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office is a multi-agency unit that consists of the following Sheriff’s Offices: White County, Lumpkin County, Towns County, Banks County, Habersham County, Stephens County, and Rabun County, along with the Georgia National Guard Counter Drug Task Force, the Department of Public Safety, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.