The Office of the Sheriff McIntosh County, Georgia Reviews 

These guys are where the term “highway robbery” originated from.

85 in a 70. Officer sprints to his car to drive about 100 mph to catch me (that’s not dangerous?)

Ticket given to me with no amount due, has a court date, tells me to sign ticket terms or I can be “placed in jail per their county law. This is extortion handled by the corrupt government. Raise the taxes in your lousy county, this is petty.

Tickets does list that an additional cost of 200$ will be added to my ticket total for 85 mph and above.

The entire state is racket off of out of state plate revenue. Get a toll road or something else please.

Wow - OH WOW

I was traveling with my 90 year old father and 87 year old mother - in the middle lane of I95, Southbound, when all of a sudden there are poolice lights in my rearview mirror.

I was moving with traffic and the officer pulled us over, never stating my speed, never looking for insuance or registration! Just my license -

Looking at this YELP page it is clear that I am not the first to experience the targeting of out of state vehicles by the Sherifff's Office.

Time for a FOIA filing -

What goes on here is clearly illegal - Time for the public to kknow!

Holy balls batman! I was looking up how to leave reviews for these folks and man everyone is saying the same thing as me! I was going with the flow of traffic and the officer said I was doing 83... I said sorry sir I don't know how I was going faster than the guy in front of me when we're in traffic and I can't go anywhere. He said don't worry, didn't ask for my registration or insurance just for my driver's license, about 3 minutes pasted, he came back said thank you for your service, handed me a ticket and let me on my way... It wasn't until we stopped to gas up that I looked at the ticket and he wrote me up for 87! That's reckless driving and now I'm out $400 when I was with the flow of traffic!! Hands down the most corrupt department I've ever had the unfortunate pleasure to deal with... The Sheriff, Stephen Jessup, needs to either evaluate his staff unless he's in on it as well...

Officer Findley of the McIntosh Sheriff’s Department went above & beyond yesterday when my fiancé’s keys were locked in his vehicle . We immediately contacted our AAA around 2:30 received notification for them that someone had been scheduled to us to assist around 3:39 pm however that time went by and still no one arrived . I kept touching base with AAA and they told me they were still trying to find a locksmith to us within the area of Townsend , Georgia ,they continued to tell me that they had called companies all the way pass Savannah to see if there was a locksmith contracted with AAA however they could not find one . The AAA Rep told me that I could reach out to the Police Department, I knew that they are usually are very busy with important calls etc… on their shifts & was unsure if they would even be able to take the the time to assist , however Officer Findley offered to come out to our location we had been at for the previous 7hrs to see if he could assist us with situation and get the keys retrieved from inside vehicle . I would like to thank him for his thoughtfulness in going above and beyond in our situation . You could definitely tell that this Officer is truly an asset to his department . Officer Findley thank -you again for making a difference and doing an exceptional job when you are on duty ! God Bless You !

Truly horrible people. Will lie about your speed, steal our hard working money. Scum. God will punish you.

These people need to learn their own laws… The ham burglar pulled me over… Since we aren’t allowed to use names just Google or YouTube Macintosh McDonald’s officer. I sent six weeks worth of complaints but the investigator covered it up for her. They are all pathetic over here. The judge threw away her fake tickets. This lady really needs to not only learn what the move over law is, she also needs an attitude adjustment. Her personality is trash. I was nothing but nice to her meanwhile she was on a rampage. This department did nothing. The judge threw it out without me having to drive six hours back down there. The craziest part is when she handed me a ticket and started making her excuse for why she was giving me one… I asked a simple question about her lights not being on while she was on the side of the road she stopped me and said oh yeah wait right here… She went back to her car and wrote a duplicate ticket. She came back and handed it to me and when I asked what it was she just tossed it in my lap and walked away. Something is not right with this woman . You just don’t act like that. This lady has a badge, handcuffs and a gun and treats people like this. Just watch her in the videos. Unhinged. Unprofessional. These people are on taxpayers dime and doing this stuff while in uniform. Disgraceful

I received a 'Failure to Move Over Violation' yesterday headed south on I-95.

This section of I-95 gets quite busy on Sundays and the shoulders are very spacious. There is plenty of pavement space on each side of the road as well as 50+ feet of extra grass space on the right. The cops need to utilize that space and stop putting motorists at risk by requiring them to urgently move to the center lane. It's very dangerous to rapidly change lanes, because it's difficult to move over when you have semi-trucks in the middle lane.

The cop said that I "almost hit him" in front of my two young children who were in the backseat. That's not even close to being true. The cops actually had a "move over law trap" set up because he quickly radioed up to another police officer that was conveniently posted 300M up the road. I am a former military officer that has served overseas in places like Iraq. Also on the citation the officer wrote that the road was wet and the traffic was light. Neither of those two characterizations are accurate for the morning of 6/13/2021.

This organization has no ethics, is in need of reform and new leadership. I hope the people of McIntosh County Georgia consider electing a new Sheriff.

About an little less than an hour south of Savannah, Gerald went into the left lane to pass and so I followed -- I'm sure farther behind than 50 yards -- but couldn't get over to get back in the center because of thebumper to bumper on my right. Then I see it: There's a cop with lights on to the left. I know in SC there is a "Move Over" law posted everywhere along the highway which requires you to move to the next lane when there is an emergency vehicle parked on the shoulder. I automatically turn my blinker on to go right but with a half of a vehicle length to squeeze into I can't get in. Nobody slows down to let me in. Decision point: slam on the brake and possibly get hit from behind; just get into the right lane and possibly get hit by the person to my side or clip the one to my front. In the meantime, I'm trying to see where the cop car is so I don't hit him and moved as far as I could to the lane marker on my right. I saw him, not on the shouilder but in one of the few places where there is no barrier and a stretch of green grass. He's parked with his lights flashing and leaning up against his patrol car (note car). There's another car facing the northbround lanes in the median. No driver anywhere visible. Thought it was strange. I move on and get into the center lane (apparently known as Lane 2). Within 1, I swear 1, minute a cop behind me flashing lights in a truck (note "truck"). Pull over using the I pull into the 3rd (aka passing) lane and pull off onto the shoulder -- no safe median for me to pull into. He comes to the car after running the usual check (as I would expect any cop to do before going up to the car), get my license, registration while I wait. He tells me we have "several problems". Several? He tells me Georgia has a Move Over law. I tell him I know we have one in SC and I was trying to get over. He tells me I had room as a truck slowed down and blew his horn to let me in: Didn't I see that or hear that? I tell him no, radio on, highway noise, window up due to AC and too busy looking to see where I could go as when I looked to my right but due to speeding and tailgating there was no room. Was more concerned about hitting somebody (meaning A COP) on the shoulder (emphasis on shoulder), so got as far right as I could and slowed as much as I could safely. Then he tells me the second problem is my failure to maintain my lane of travel (#2 into #3)-- that would have been when the "officer" turned on his lights behind me and I pulled over. He claimed somebody had to hit their brakes: DUH, I've been doing that all day. And the icing on the cake: My left brake light was out. Gerald has always told me not to argue with a cop: They will always win (well, except when I went to court in Tequesta and after the Judge heard the evidence didn't even take testimony from the cop it was so ludicrous) and pronounced me "not guilty" -- meaning he didn't know me and my past:) Well, I tried, really tried. I attempted several times to tell him there was no safe place to go (I didn't say maybe I should have hit you but you were safely in the median). He told me 3 (count 'em 3 times) the truck behind me (a black pickup, I remember it well) tried to let me in: He didn't when I put on my blinker and tried to move over. The SECOND issue was that I failed to maintain in my lane. I moved from the 2nd (middle) to the 3rd (far left) and caused people to hit their brakes. Yes, I did: that's because I had a cop with flashing lights on behind me and knew I had to get over. He was behind me, not anybody else. Maybe I should have gone another 5 miles until I could get safely into the right or left side? Then I probably would have been fined for "evading". He went back to his car.
He comes back with 2 tickets and graciously announces he's not going to give me a ticket for the brake light out. Well, just how special are you. How often do you check your back lights, Sweetie?

He proceeds to give me a Court date in Darien, Ga., (population like 1400) which is the County Seat of McIntosh County (population like 14,000) That's when I said, "You gotta be kidding: I've got to come back to Georgia for this?" He then showed me where I could mail it in. The ticket itself has no fine on it; can't get the records in Darien for another two weeks according to their website. After all that of course he ends with "Have a good day" -- you gotta be kdding me.
My main gripe: Back when, anytime you had to drive into Good Ole Boy south Georgia it was known as a speed trap. They sat behind road signs, half hidden behind trees and at night of course with their lights off just waiting. Well, bless their hearts, according to my ticketS, anyone driving over 85 MPH anywhere can be fined $200.00 or more: Obviously they can't make their money that way so they have been a new way to run their scam. The cop that I didn't move over for was not on the shoulder for one: Good Lord no, he wasn't going to run the risk of getting hit; Leaning against his car, arms crossed, doesn't qualify for anything other than looking for a violation; no one with him despite the car facing the northbound lanes and where he is safely behind the barrier in the median suggests there wasn't a soul in the car; it was a set-up. Just like the speed traps of Old South Georgia. He obviously had a "partner" and could afford a walkie-talkie to radio what to look for and who had never witnessed a thing. 2 violations at Mile marker 49 and 52. Yep the second for when I pulled out of my lane with a cop behind me: Not even the biggest moron in Georgia is going to go into the left lane to pass a cop with his lights on. This ain't Atlanta folks, this is the boondocks where the Deputy Sheriff (I'm guessing there's only 1 or 2 in the County) has nothing to do but traffic. Gotta pay their salary in some way with no crime to fight. Locking drunks up on Friday nights can be messy.
I seriously suggest that if you have to go through Georgia to get anywhere in the South, go through Alabama. It will dump you near the Fla. Panhandle but save you big bucks and having to deal with the corruption traps in Ga. Oh and just looking over my tickets for the Court date (I really oughta go but they would wind up putting me in prison, I'm sure), I see the marked that the traffic was light. Well, yeah in Atlanta it would have been considered light. I'm sure that in Darien it's considered heavy and heavier! Officer C. Turner, aren't you proud

I am only rating poor due to this particular experience. In January I was out of state and at 11:30 PM I got a call that my alarm had gone off. I asked that the sheriff's department respond and let me know what was going on. I called the phone number listed for non-emergency, 437-6623, numerous times and no one ever answered. Not knowing what else to do, I called 911 and explained the situation. The 911 operator said she had this same non-emergency number. She called and got the same response, no answer. She then called the 911 operator in Darien, GA and explained the situation. I was connected to the local 911 operator and asked that I be contacted after the police went to my home and let me know what was going on. They did call me back but this was an ordeal for both myself and the out of state 911 operator. I later called another number and was told this was the jail's number (although the telephone book does not state this) and someone was supposed to be available 24/7. I explained, in this instance, that was not the case. Being out of state at the time and in this situation, this should not be the case.

On the morning of December 30th, 2017, my family and I were traveling 95 south in McIntosh County. We were on our way to my hometown of Brunswick, Georgia. I noticed that a police officer had pulled a vehicle over in the emergency lane. Per the Move Over Law: Georgia Code, Title 40-6-16, I slowed down and proceeded to the middle lane. The law states the following:
“Motorists travelling in the lane adjacent to the shoulder must move-over one lane when emergency and utility vehicles are stopped on the side of the highway and operating in an official capacity. Vehicles included in the law include all first responders (law enforcement, fire, EMS), utility vehicles, DOT vehicles, HERO Units and wreckers tending to an accident. The law is meant to keep officers AND traffic violators safe from crashes with passing cars.

As I approached the two vehicles, the one that had been pulled over by the sheriff's deputy pulled off into the right lane. Thus, I eventually moved back from the middle lane to the far right lane. However, soon afterwards, the same sheriff's deputy got behind me and pulled me over. Once the deputy approached my vehicle, I questioned if I had been speeding. She affirmed, “No!” I further inquired if I had a broken taillight, and again, she divulged, “No!” She then admitted that she had stopped me to find out “why” I was traveling so slowly and that I failed to maintain my lane. She further stated that she had clocked me at 61 MPH and that it was too slow for conditions. I was flummoxed as to why I had been stopped because the minimum speed posted was 40 MPH and the speed limit posted was 70 MPH. At any rate, the officer, who I now identify as B. Hogan requested my license to conduct a background check. She proceeded to her patrol car and returned to my vehicle shortly afterwards after finding nothing amiss. Officer Hogan aggressively stated the following things in a bullying, abusive, threatening, unprofessional, and condescending manner:

"You need take Highway 17. You're traveling too slowly and these other vehicles are going to run you over. (Please note that we were in a Toyota Sequoia, which is a very large SUV). I should impound your vehicle and you would have to get a rental car. I should issue you a citation for traveling too slowly, but instead I'm going to ticket you for failure to maintain your lane. Your court date is February 14th. If you do not pay the fine, you’re going to be arrested and your license will be suspended”.

Officer B. Hogan’s behavior was unprofessional, unmerited, downright despicable, and I believe, racially driven. I was very intimidated by the officer's aggressive behavior which ultimately has caused me to have panic attacks and lose sleep. In addition to that, my husband and children were frightened by the officer’s demeanor and aggressiveness. I felt that she was prepared to arrest me if I responded with the same level of condescension and aggression that she had provided me.

The officer then proceeded down the highway to the medium where at least three other sheriff's vehicles were located. In fact, we noticed that there were at least 6 McIntosh County Police vehicles aggressively policing the area on this day.

Although I disagreed with the officer, I refused openly to verbalize it. I feared becoming another victim such as, George Alston, who filed a lawsuit against the Darien Police Department due to constitutional violations of the First Amendment and Fourth Amendment. I actually imagined myself becoming the next Sandra Bland. So, I immediately contacted the sheriff's office to issue a verbal complaint. I was told to report the complaint in person. However, I’ve decided to issue my grievance by paper due to learning that those who file complaints are often retaliated against, arrested, and charged with making false statements.

As a result, we're requesting a full investigation of this matter. There were three other adults present who are willing to collaborate my story and interview with others about this encounter.

Speed traps galore, the crooked cops are only there to tax drivers on I-95 corridor, this is a shiddy county with hillbillies and rednecks and the only income is to give false tickets. These Podunk cops are the reason Police is hated. They should call Paypal and have taxation officers run your card for the $300 ticket and just give you a warning. No wonder they drop the speed to 4 over as soon as you complain. Shameful.