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September 18, 2009
Gainesville, Georgia -The Georgia Department of Natural
Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division recently selected Sergeant
Mike Burgamy of the Gainesville Law Enforcement office as the 2009
Supervisor of the Year.
 Burgamy
oversees DNR Law Enforcement operations in Banks, Barrow, Hall and
Jackson Counties, including Lake Lanier. He is a 15-year veteran
of the department and began serving as sergeant in 2005.
“Sgt. Burgamy is dedicated to serving Georgia’s citizens while
protecting our natural resources,” says Lt. Col. Homer Bryson of
the Wildlife Resources Division. “He is charged with protecting
citizens utilizing one of the state’s most heavily-populated
resources, Lake Lanier, and is persistent in working above and
beyond job duties and expectations.”
An experienced conservation ranger, Burgamy also serves as an
instructor for the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training
Council and is certified in emergency vessel operation tactics,
verbal judo, standardized field sobriety tests and defensive
tactics.
He has served for ten years as a board member for the Hall County
Safe Kids program, which provides free personal floatation devices
to boaters on northeast Georgia lakes. In addition, Burgamy also
serves as one of only two drug recognition experts in the
department.
He also recently completed the Professional Management Program at
Columbus State University.
To help with language barriers often encountered while on the job,
Burgamy took initiative to learn Spanish, allowing him to easily
communicate with Spanish-speaking customers.
Burgamy’s rangers commend their supervisor for covering the two
empty ranger positions in Hall County over the past year. Burgamy
answered 60 complaints totaling almost 100 hours and was involved
in ten search and rescue incidents.
Burgamy previously received recognition as Boating Safety Officer
of the Year in 2004 and Ranger of the Year for the Gainesville Law
Enforcement office in 1997 and 1998.
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