[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 18 (Thursday, January 29, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S1056]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO JAMIL SABA

 Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, today I wish to honor in the 
Record of the Senate Jamil Saba, who served as the sheriff of Dougherty 
County, GA, for more than two decades until he retired in December 
2008.
  Sheriff Saba was born and raised in Albany, GA, which is located in 
Dougherty County. He remained there, serving his community proudly. 
Jamil served his country in the U.S. Army from 1960 through 1962 and 
began his career in law enforcement in April of 1970 as a deputy 
Sheriff with the Dougherty County Sheriff's Office. He was later 
promoted to chief investigator in 1972, the job he held for more than a 
decade until he won election and became sheriff in 1985.
  As a true leader, Sheriff Saba has served as president of the Georgia 
Sheriff's Association and president of the Georgia Sheriffs' Youth 
Homes, as well as on the Georgia Sheriffs' Retirement Board of 
Directors. He was a board member of the Georgia Public Safety 
Committee, the Dougherty County Child Abuse Protocol Committee, the 
Child Death Investigations Protocol Committee, Sexual Assault Protocol 
Committee, and many others.
  His service efforts and accomplishments at the local level are 
plentiful as well. Jamil was the chairman of the advisory board for the 
Albany-Dougherty Drug Unit and is a charter member of the Albany Sports 
Hall of Fame.
  Jamil worked tirelessly for Daugherty County as sheriff and plans to 
continue serving a cause that touched him the most deeply, the Georgia 
Sheriffs' Youth Homes Foundation Board. I want to recognize and thank 
his wife Donna Jaye Adams and their son, Jim, and daughter, Lauren, for 
making the sheriff's job easier and sharing him with the community. I 
hope you all find joy in the coming years together during Jamil's 
retirement.

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