A freshly hired Thomas Barnard showed up in Athens-Clarke County in January 1993 thinking he might retire as a corporal or a sergeant one day with the Department of Natural Resources.
For 10 years this man enforced laws on Lake Lanier. Now, he enforces them statewide
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