[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E101]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IN RECOGNITION OF LEE COUNTY SHERIFF JAY JONES BEING NAMED ALABAMA'S 
                          SHERIFF OF THE YEAR

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 29, 2018

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Lee County 
Sheriff Jay Jones for being named Alabama's Sheriff of the Year by his 
peers at the Alabama Sheriffs Association.
  Sheriff Jones began his law enforcement career with the Lee County 
Sheriff's Office in 1975 while a student at Auburn University. His 
first work assignment was in the jail as a corrections officer/
communications operator and was later appointed to a road position as a 
deputy sheriff. He moved up the ranks over the years and was appointed 
as the Sheriff's Office Chief Investigator in command of the 
Investigations Division. Sheriff Jones was first elected Lee County 
Sheriff in 1998 and is currently in his fourth term.
  His professional education and training includes the FBI National 
Academy (146th session), FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development 
Seminar (58th session), National Sheriff's Institute (Class 00-1), 
Southern Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar (1999), and the 
United States Secret Service Dignitary Protection Seminar (2003). He 
also serves on the Law Enforcement advisory boards of the United States 
Attorney for the middle district of Alabama and the Alabama Attorney 
General. He has served as a governor's appointee to the Advisory 
Committee on Women in Criminal Justice, the Alabama Crime Victims' 
Compensation Commission and the Alabama Local Government Records 
Commission.
  Sheriff Jones currently serves on the boards of the United Way of Lee 
County, the Lee County Youth Development Center, the Lee County 
Emergency Communications District and the Domestic Violence 
Intervention Center. His professional memberships include the FBI 
National Academy Associates, the Police Futurists International, the 
National Sheriffs' Association, the Alabama Sheriffs Association, the 
Law Enforcement Executive Development Association, the Alabama Jail 
Association, the Alabama Peace Officers' Association and the Fraternal 
Order of Police Lodge Number 21. Sheriff Jones' civic involvement 
includes membership in the Auburn Rotary Club and the Bleecker Puritan 
Club.
  Along with his public safety duties Sheriff Jones has also served as 
an adjunct instructor of Criminal Justice at Auburn University and 
Southern Union Community College in Opelika.
  The Sheriff of the Year honor was awarded during the 2018 Alabama 
Sheriffs convention for his outstanding professionalism, dedication and 
leadership while serving and protecting his community.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in recognizing Sheriff Jay Jones and 
thanking him for his years of public safety service.

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