Director, School-Based Programs, Crime Prevention, and Community Outreach
GeneJoy@hallcounty.org

Lieutenant Gene Joy is the Director of School-Based Programs, Crime Prevention, and Community Outreach for the Honorable Sheriff Steve Cronic.  Mr. Joy is one of three founding members of the D.A.R.E. program at the Hall County Sheriff's Office serving over 33,000 children with the D.A.R.E. curriculum.  In addition to his role as D.A.R.E. instructor Mr. Joy has served as President of the Georgia D.A.R.E. Officers’ Association and additional Executive Board positions since 1994. 

Mr. Joy founded and developed Hall County's version of the ADVANCE ™ program after adopting the innovative curriculum from Gwinnett County.  In addition, Mr. Joy founded and developed the ADVANCE Summer Camp program that has reached over 1400 special children in Hall County.

Mr. Joy is a graduate Cum Laude of Shorter College in Rome, Georgia with a Bachelor of Science in Management.  Mr. Joy also holds a Master of Arts Degree in Leadership from Shorter College. In addition to his college degrees, Mr. Joy has over 2000 hours of law enforcement training to include the National Incident Management Systems training.

Mr. Joy is an Honorably Discharged Veteran from the United States Army, and is a licensed helicopter pilot.

In his free time Mr. Joy enjoys spending quality time with his son Gene III who is a sophomore at Gainesville State College.  Mr. Joy enjoys reading about U.S. history, writing, and has played drums since the age of five.

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