New Henry County Sheriff John Sproles spoke to the county commissioners Wednesday for just under a half hour to outline what he considered a “state of the Henry County Sheriff’s Department.”
Sproles addressed several concerns he discovered upon taking office and gave commissioners an idea of what plans he has for improving the department going forward.
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