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After graduation from Bowdon High School, Sheriff Langley began his law enforcement career as a radio operator with the Bowdon Police Department in 1980.
In 1981, he became a Deputy Sheriff with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, under Sheriff Hugh Lee Lambert. He was promoted through the ranks to Sergeant of the Uniformed Patrol Division. He was later appointed to Sergeant in the Criminal Investigations Division under Sheriff Jack T. Bell.
In 1995, he was appointed as the Deputy Warden for the Carroll County Prison, which provided the opportunity to hone his supervision and management skills.
In 1996, he was appointed as Interim Sheriff to fill the vacancy of Sheriff Jack T. Bell who had resigned to run for Chairman of the Board of Commissioners.
Sheriff Langley was elected in 2001 and is currently in his sixth term. Sheriff Langley is a graduate of the Georgia Police Academy, the 2000 Georgia Sheriff's Elect Academy and the 2002 National Sheriff's Institute. He is married with two daughters and they live in the Burwell Community.

The primary purpose or mission of the Carroll County Sheriff's Office is to maintain social order within prescribed ethical and constitutional limits and boundaries, while providing professional law enforcement services, and maintaining levels of humane treatment of those persons whose custody it has been charged with. To attain this, the Carroll County Sheriff's Office enforces the laws of the United States of America, the State of Georgia, and the ordinances of the County in a fair and impartial manner, recognizing both the statutory and judicial limitations of its authority and the constitutional rights of all persons. The Carroll County Sheriff's Office establishes these goals to accomplish its mission:
Terry E. Langley, Sheriff
Carroll County Sheriff's Office
Carroll County Jail 770-830-5888 Criminal Investigation Division 770-830-5916 Superior Court 770-830-5871 State Court 678-390-6208 Magistrate Court 770-830-5874 Women's Shelter 770-834-1141
To the Requestor: Records will be provided based on available format. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71(c)
Please submit ALL Open Records requests to CCORT@carrollsheriffga.gov or call 770-830-5916.

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