OFFICER JEFF VAUGHN    BADGE #2081

CARROLLTON POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER VAUGHN IS A NATIVE OF BREMEN, GA. OFFICER VAUGHN BEGAN HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER AT THE HARALSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN BUCHANAN, GA. AS A JAILER IN 1984. OFFICER VAUGHN WORKED WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR TWO YEARS. AFTER LEAVING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, OFFICER VAUGHN BEGAN WORKING FOR THE BREMEN POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A RADIO OPERATOR AND FIREMAN. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER, OFFICER VAUGHN WAS PROMOTED TO PATROL OFFICER AFTER ATTENDING THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL POLICE ACADEMY AT FLOYD COLLEGE IN ROME, GA.

IN 1988, OFFICER VAUGHN TRANSFERRED TO THE COBB COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND WORKED THERE FOR ONE YEAR. LATER IN 1989, OFFICER VAUGHN RETURNED TO THE BREMEN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR. IN 1990, OFFICER VAUGHN TRANSFERRED TO THE VILLA RICA POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A PATROL OFFICER. OFFICER VAUGHN ATTAINED SEVERAL PROMOTIONS AT THE VILLA RICA POLICE DEPARTMENT. OFFICER VAUGHN WAS PROMOTED TO CORPORAL ON PATROL AND LATER SERGEANT IN COMMAND OF NIGHT SHIFT. OFFICER VAUGHN WAS LATER PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE SERGEANT AND SERVED IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION. OFFICER VAUGHN INVESTIGATED CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS AND PROPERTY.

IN JUNE OF 2000, OFFICER VAUGHN TRANSFERRED TO THE CARROLLTON POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE HE SERVED AS A PATROL OFFICER ON SERGEANT THOMPSON'S DAY SHIFT PATROL. IN APRIL OF 2001, OFFICER VAUGHN WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE BIKE PATROL.

OFFICER VAUGHN HAS ACHIEVED MANY CERTIFICATIONS IN HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER. HE HAS ATTENDED POLICE CYCLIST 1, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS, AND IS A CERTIFIED FIRST RESPONDER.