Calvin Banks is a quiet and unassuming man. At the age of 56, he is a seasoned law enforcement veteran - and he got his start in his home county of Twiggs, when former sheriff Doyle Stone called him and asked him if he wanted a job in the early 1990s.

Calvin, married to Belinda, a family man, was born and raised in Jeffersonville. He attended Twiggs County High School, but "I didn't graduate then, I left to go to New Jersey, where I lived and worked." He did take some community college classes while in New Jersey, and later on got his G.E.D.

He had just been transferred back to Georgia with his job, when he heard from Stone. "I had never thought about being in law enforcement. In fact, I wanted to be a race car driver and a singer when I was growing up."

Friends of the Sheriff’s Office Turkey Shoot

 The Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office will be having a turkey shoot on April 21, 2012 at the property of Mr. Bobby Green.  The shoot will begin at 10 a.m. and go until about 2 p.m.  The location of the shoot is about a mile west of Danville and just west of Hwy 358 on Hwy 80 in Twiggs County.  There is a large sign out beside the roadway, just turn at the sign and follow the signs to the parking area.  The cost is $5.00 a shoot with all funds raised going to the Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office. 

The Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office is a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization governed by a volunteer board of directors.