Georgia Bureau of Investigation
| Georgia Bureau of Investigation | |
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| Abbreviation | GBI |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1937 |
| Employees | 770 (as of 2016) |
| Annual budget | $89,300,000 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | State of Georgia, USA |
| Size | 59,425 square miles (153,910 km2) |
| Population | 9,544,750 (2007 est.) |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | DeKalb County |
| Special Agent and Narcotics Agents | 400 (as of 2008) |
| Civilians | 412 (as of 2008) |
| Agency executive | Vernon Keenan, Director |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
Coordinates: 33°41′33″N 84°16′24″W / 33.6925297°N 84.2734381°W The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is the U.S. state of Georgia's state bureau of investigation. It is an independent, statewide agency that provides assistance to Georgia's criminal justice system in the areas of criminal investigations, forensic laboratory services and computerized criminal justice information. Its headquarters is located in unincorporated DeKalb County, near Decatur and in Greater Atlanta.
The agency is divided into several parts:
Fleet and Asset Section manages the GBI’s fleet of more than 500 vehicles and GBI assets totally nearly 5,000 items valued in excess of $100 million.
Staff Services is responsible for:
Services
Governor Eurith D. Rivers was instrumental in the creation of the department in March 1937, when a law was passed Act 220 creating the Georgia Department of Public Safety which included the Georgia State Patrol and a plainclothes investigative division called the Division of Identification, Detection, Prevention and Investigation which became the GBI in 1940. Any crime committed on state property or on state highways came under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Safety. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was also authorized to assist in criminal investigations when requested to do so by local law enforcement officials or agencies.
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