 Patrick Ray has been in law enforcement for over 21 years. During that time he has gained the experience and knowledge needed to serve the people of DeKalb County.
After graduating from the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy in 1991, Ray has served in various positions, working his way up through the ranks. He served as Chief Deputy supervising 42 employees at the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and Jail. During this time, Ray received numerous commendations for outstanding leadership and law enforcement performance.
Beginning his employment with the Warren County Sheriff’s Department in November 2002, Ray currently holds the position as Investigator.
During his law enforcement career, Ray has worked closely and cooperatively with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies resulting in numerous felony arrest and convictions. He was voted Best of the Best Law Enforcement Officer for two years since serving as sheriff.
Ray has alsoattended the Tennessee Sheriff's School, and works with the DeKalb Co Children’s Service Council and the
DeKalb Co Drug Court Team.
Patrick Ray has graduated from the following courses and training seminars:
 Graduated Tenn. Law Enforcement Training Academy
Courtroom Security School
Medicolegal Death Investigation in Forensic Medicine School
Basic Gang and Drug Investigations School
A.S.P. Baton and Defense Certification
The Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation Course
Advance Course of Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation
Interstate Modular Drug Training School
Critical Incident Stress School
Domestic Violence School
Arson Investigation School
Identification Investigations by the Medical Examiner School
Forensic Anthropology School
Basic Crime School
Crime Solving Techniques for the New Millennium
Child Sex Abuse School
Human Skeleton Remains School
Forensic Seminars
North Carolina/Tennessee Narcotics School
TIES/NCIC/NLETS Certification School
Tennessee Uniform Crash Report Class
Emergency Response to Terrorism School
Methamphetamine Awareness Program
Basic Clandestine Laboratory Safety Training School
Clandestine Laboratory Certification School
Narcotics Investigations School
Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force School on Interview and Interrogation
Narcotics Trafficking and Trends School
Advanced Training in Narcotic Enforcement School
Patrol Drug Interdiction School
There Is No Substitute For Experience
PATRICK RAY has over 21 YEARS of LAW ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT, TRAINING and EXPERIENCE.
"The Sheriff should be a proven leader because he is the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in the county. What sets me apart is my proven Experience, Leadership, and Commitment serving as a Law Enforcement Professional."
PATRICK RAY has already graduated from the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy and became a fully certified Tennessee Law Enforcement Officer in 1991.
 PATRICK RAY has the EXPERIENCE to fight drugs in DeKalb County:
•Tennessee Sheriff's School
• Basic Gang and Drug Investigations School
• The Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation Course
• Advance Course of Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation
• Multi-jurisdictional Counter-drug Task Force School on Interview and Interrogation
• Interstate Modular Drug Training School
• Crime Solving Techniques for the New Millennium
• North Carolina/Tennessee Narcotics School
• Methamphetamine Awareness Program
• Basic Clandestine Laboratory Safety Training School
• Clandestine Laboratory Certification School
• Narcotics Investigations School
• Narcotics Trafficking and Trends School
• Advanced Training in Narcotic Enforcement School
• Patrol Drug Interdiction School
• Working with confidential Informants
• Hundreds of hours of courtroom testimony
• Hundreds of hours of in-service training
PATRICK RAY has the EXPERIENCE to fight crimes, such as burglary cases, crimes against the elderly, theft cases, arson cases, rape cases, domestic abuse cases, child sex abuse cases, murder cases, and more.
• Basic Crime School
• Critical Incident Stress School
• Arson Investigation School
• Domestic Violence School
• Identification Investigations by the Medical Examiner School
• Forensic Anthropology School
• Human Skeleton Remains School
• Forensic Seminars
• Medicolegal Death Investigation in Forensic Medicine School
• Child Sex Abuse School
• Emergency Response to Terrorism School
• Courtroom Security School
• A.S.P. Baton and Defense Certification
• TIES/NCIC/NLETS Certification School
• Tennessee Uniform Crash Report Class
• Experience in the day to day operations of the DeKalb County Jail
PATRICK RAY is a seasoned law enforcement officer and has the knowledge, skills, and EXPERIENCE, to move DeKalb County forward while efficiently managing the Sheriff's Department and Jail. If this sounds like the kind of Sheriff you would like, please give me a chance to prove my EXPERIENCE and commitment by voting for PATRICK RAY during early voting July 14 through July 29, or on Election Day August 3.
DEKALB COUNTY SHERIFFS
 Pleasant A. Thomason 1833-1842
James McGuire 1842-1845
John Allen 1845-1848
John L. Dearman 1848-1852
Ezekiel W. Taylor, Sr. 1852-1856
John Donnell 1856-1858
J. Y. Stewart 1858-1860
John Hallum 1860-1862
Hezekiah Love 1862-1864
Wm. L. Hathaway 1865-1868
Charles J. Hill 1868-1870
James Henry Blackburn 1870-1874
M. F. Doss 1874-1878
Charles S. Frazier 1882-1884
Ben M. Merritt 1880-1882
Charles S. Frazier 1882-1884
Huston S. Gill 1884-1888
Wm. H. C. Lassiter 1888-1892
Silas F. Anderson 1892-1896
Ben M. Merritt 1896-1898
Louis Merritt 1898
John T. Odom 1898-1902
Barnabas Taylor 1902-1904
L. Everett Love 1904-1908
 George C. Puckett 1908-1912
Amon B. Frazier 1912-1916
George C. Puckett 1916-1920
Amon B. Frazier 1920-1922
J. Harlie Cantrell 1922-1926
Fred E. Terry 1926-1930
Albert F. Foutch 1930-1932
Charlie D. Eller 1932-1934
John C. (Chub) Hill 1934-1938
Will Vickers 1938-1940
Alex O. Parker 1940-1942
John C. (Chub) Hill 1942-1946
Will Bullard 1946-1948
C. H. Malone 1948-1954
James Keith 1954-1958
Harrison Puckett 1958-1960
Harold Frazier 1960-1964
W. H. Bing 1964-1966
Doris Bing 1966
Will Hall Windham 1966-1970
Kelly Walker 1970-1972
Creston Bain 1972-1976
Dwight Mathis 1976-1986
Kenneth Pack 1986-2002
Lloyd Emmons 2002-2006
Patrick Ray 2006-Present
Some interesting facts about the DeKalb Sheriff’s Department
The Department has:
Employees Duties and Qualifications
Sheriff- The Sheriff is mandated under State law to oversee civil process, care and housing of people who are incarcerated in the DeKalb Jail, and carrying out the orders of the Courts for DeKalb County. He is also responsible for the actions of all employees who work directly under him. (Must attend a Law Enforcement Training Academy within 6 months of taking office, must attend a 40 hour Sheriff’s School, and then attend a 40-hour in-service per year thereafter.)
1 Chief Deputy- is responsible for all functions of the Sheriff in the Sheriff’s absence. He maintains the Jail and all Sheriff’s Department’s equipment. (Must attend a Law Enforcement Training Academy within 6 months of hire date and then attend a 40-hour in-service per year thereafter.)
3 Detectives (2 Criminal and 1 Drug)- Criminal Detectives investigates crimes such as burglaries, child abuse, murders and other crimes. The Drug Detective conducts controlled undercover drug investigations (Must attend a Law Enforcement Training Academy within 6 months of hire date and then attend a 40-hour in-service per year thereafter.)
1 School Resource Officer- We have one School Resource Officer which is stationed at the DeKalb County High School. The School Resource Officer’s duties include assisting and protecting all students of the DeKalb County School System as well as the DeKalb County School Staff. He is to investigate crimes which may happen at the schools such as thefts, assaults, illegal drug activities, and etc. (Must attend a Law Enforcement Training Academy within 6 months of hire date and then attend a 40-hour in-service per year thereafter and also must attend a School Resource Officer school to be a certified School Resource Officer.)
 1 DARE Officer- We have one DARE Officer who teaches a 10-week DARE class to the 5th graders at the DeKalb West School and Northside Elementary School. He is also included in the Full Time Deputy position when he is not teaching at the Schools. (Must attend a Law Enforcement Training Academy within 6 months of hire date and then attend a 40 hour in-service per year thereafter and also must attend an 80-hour DARE School to be certified as a DARE Instructor.)
1 K-9 Officer- The Sheriff’s Department has one K-9 Officer and one K-9 Drug Detector Dog. The K-9 is a Belgian Malinois Shepard. Her Name is Banshee. She is required to attend a 3 month school to learn how to detect drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, and heroin. The K-9 Officer is required to attend the Law Enforcement Training Academy within 6 months of hire date and then attend a 40 hour in-service per year thereafter and also must attend 3 week school with Banshee and annual in-services thereafter.
10 Full-Time Deputies- There are 2 Deputies per 12-hour shift and 2 swing shift Deputies. Deputies make routine patrols, answer all complaints, investigate wrecks, take reports of illegal activities, do nightly business door checks, weekly Church door checks, and etc. (Must attend a Law Enforcement Training Academy within 6 months of hire date and then attend a 40-hour in-service per year there after.)
5 Part-Time Court Officers- There are 4 Courts in DeKalb County- General Sessions, Criminal, Chancery, and Juvenile Court. Each Court requires the Sheriff’s Department to have at least 2 Court Officers per session. (Must attend a 40-hour basic in-service per year.).
1 Reserve Deputies- These Deputies work other private jobs and are subject to be called in at anytime. These Deputies make no salary from the Sheriff’s Department. (Must attend a 40-hour basic in-service per year.)
17 Correctional Officers- This is the minimum Jailors allowed by law for a Jail our size. Correctional Officers work 12-hour shifts with 4 Officers per shift. Each shift has a female Correctional Officer which takes care of the female inmates. (All Correctional Officers must be certified by the State Correctional Institute within one year of their hire date and must attend a 40-hour basic in-service per year thereafter.)
1 Litter Guard- The Litter Guard is responsible for overseeing of Sheriff’s Department’s inmates while cleaning trash from DeKalb County roads. (Must attend a 40-hour basic in-service per year.)
3 Secretaries- Duties are tracking each inmate’s time and release dates, logging TIBERS (reports that are sent into the State), entering warrants and deleting served warrants from our computer data base, filing and copying all reports, entering and tracking sex offenders from this county, employee time sheets, tracking incoming and outgoing funds, and other clerical duties.
Cook- provides safe and nutritious meals for the inmates. (Must attend a 40-hour basic in-service per year.)
Facts About the DeKalb County Jail
The DeKalb County Jail has 102 beds.
The population on an average day is 90 inmates
On Some weekends, there are approximately 100 total inmates on the weekends, due to weekenders serving time.
There are 4 cells in the Main Jail which was built in 1959.
The women’s cell houses 18 inmates, the Maximum Security Women’s Cell house 6 inmates, and 2 male cells in the basement area of the jail house a total of 20 inmates.
The DeKalb Jail Annex was built in 2001 and has 2 cell areas.
Max Security male cells houses 10 inmates.
The Annex Dorm is the most populated cell in the facility. There are 48 beds in this area that house all male inmates.
The Jail serves 3 meals (2 hot and 1 cold) each day.
There is a full-time licensed nurse who visits once a day and an on-call Doctor.
The Jail now has a Ministry Program on Tuesday, night of each week for all Inmates who want to participate.
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