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The Hall County Sheriff's Office Underwater Search and Recovery Unit was formed on March 1, 1979, making it the oldest non-volunteer Law Enforcement Dive Team in the State of Georgia. Currently, there are nine members on the unit, all of which are certified law enforcement officers. Since it's inception, the unit has responded to over 125 drownings on Lake Sidney Lanier and the surrounding waters of North Georgia.
Sergeant Chris Tempel, Commander |
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Dive Team Equipment Truck |
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2008 Dive Team Activity |
| Name | Date | Location |
| Cayle Bywaters | 1/11 | Mutual Aid for GBI in Athens Clarke County |
| 2/14 | Mutual Aid for Gwinnett County in Gwinnett (Murder weapon recovery) | |
| Broderick Bradford | 5/4 | Aqualand Marina (Hall County) |
| 6/13 | Mutual Aid for Union County (Drowning victim) | |
| 7/8 |
Mutual Aid for GBI in Madison County (Murder weapon recovery) |
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| 7/21 |
Mutual Aid at Lake Burton (Drowning victim) |
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| Duy Nguyen | 8/10 | Old Federal Park (Hall County) |
| 9/16 |
Mutual Aid at Fort Yargo for Barrow S.O. (Weapon recovery) |
Month
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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2 drownings Hall County jurisdiction in 2008 |
