Sheriff Ron Freeman

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – A Forsyth County deputy has been terminated for “serious acts of misconduct” while on the job.

Deputy Todd Franklin was fired in April, following a month-long investigation by the Office of Professional Standards. Franklin had been employed with the Sheriff’s Office for five years and was assigned to traffic patrol for the Board of Commissioners. School Administrators complained that not only did he not show up for work on time, but billed the school system for hours he never worked.

Investigators also found explicit images of an unidentified female on Franklin’s county-issued cell phone and adult videos among his body camera footage.

SHERIFF’S OFFICE STATEMENT

“The Deputy in question was terminated for serious acts of misconduct that are not in keeping with the rules and regulations of the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. A thorough investigation was conducted by the Office of Professional Standards, which found the employee to have engaged in serious misconduct.

In a day and time when so many Law Enforcement Officers and other first responders have excelled in their service to their community during a national crisis, that any employee would act contrary to the heroic work done by the nearly 500 members of the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office should never take away from the dedication the men and women of the FCSO show their community every day.  When someone acts as this former employee did, they lose their right to work alongside those Deputies and employees who serve with such distinction and heroism daily. The Sheriff has made it expressly clear that unethical, illegal, or immoral acts will lead to termination from this agency; every employee has heard this directly from the Sheriff. There is no room for this conduct here, and the men and women of FCSO, as well as our citizens, deserve better.”

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